But, on balance, I always felt that there was something sunny about American faith in innovation.

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By this time of year, "I was hoping it'd be sunny and the weather breaking, " said Pugh, a warehouse worker who turned 38 Monday.

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Still, I decided to go, and was happy to see that departure day dawned bright and sunny.

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But none of this was actually in my mind as I walked down the middle of Fifth Avenue that sunny Tuesday afternoon.

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By the time the agent got on the phone with me, I knew what flights were viable, and that going through San Francisco was OK because the weather there was sunny and predicted to stay sunny for the next few days.

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