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Perceived labels that no longer fit reality

Parade-goers watch the 251st St. Patrick's Day Parade

Photo credit: Getty Images | Parade-goers watch the 251st St. Patrick's Day Parade make its way up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. (March 17, 2012)

Ellis Henican

Newsday columnist Ellis Henican Ellis Henican

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It's all in the labeling sometimes.

Is St. Patrick's Day a "drunkfest" or a "sober family holiday"? As always, that depends on who's being asked. Police across Long Island certainly have a view. They've set up breathalyzer checkpoints at many of the major intersections. The Long Island Rail Road added cars and cut the booze.

Erin go blah!

Pro football's expensive, you say? Well,...

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