“Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night.”

"New York at 6:30 P.M.", Esquire (November 1964)
Context: There is no such hour on the present clock as 6:30, New York time. Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night.

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