Rudolph William Louis Giuliani, born in 1944, was brought up within a tight family circle filled with uncles who wore the uniforms of the police and fire departments.

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Continue south down the paths of Central Park, past the sunbather-filled 15 acres of Sheep Meadow, to Columbus Circle, where you can do a bit of window-shopping at the Time Warner Center, which has upscale shops of every stripe as well an enormous Whole Foods Market on the lower level.

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To occupy the indolent, column upon column is filled with idle gossip, which can only be procured by intrusion upon the domestic circle.

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