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Andrew Cline has been editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader since October of 2001. His writing has appeared in more than 100 newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and National Review.NH woman pulls plastic from Pacific
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Reader commentsI DON'T KNOW what it says about our nation when you could ask people to name their favorite living marine biologist and the most likely answer is George Costanza. Here in Manchester, we can lay claim to Miriam Goldstein.
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I'll take Costanza over some hippie ocean tourist any day. There's no mystery here: Plastic winds up in the ocean because people dump it there. Its not right at the surface due to its relative density, and it breaks up into small pieces because of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. So pass me my PhD and put on Seinfeld.
- Jon, Manchester
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