This month's Great Storms section recalls a two-day neutercane -- a coastal blizzard with an eye and winds near hurricane force -- that walloped Long Island in February 1978. Snowfall reaching 26 inches collapsed beach homes, halted commerce and took the lives of a few who ventured outside. Armies of railroad workers labored to clear tracks, and the state sent powerful rotary snowblowers from upstate to unclog roads. It was one of Long Island's worst snowstorms of the century.

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Candace Bushnell attends the Diamonds on the Fourth party on Saturday, July 2 in Bridgehampton.

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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., arrives, with her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, to vote at the Teton County Library during the Republican primary election on Tuesday in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Gina wins

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Gina Lueckenkemper of Germany after winning the gold medal in the Women's 100 meters during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the European Championships in Munich, Germany, Tuesday.

IF LIZ CHENEY LOSES HER PRIMARY

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a news conference at Yankee Stadium in July 2021. 

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