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Changes in Attitude

t’s funny the stories that sometimes catch my fancy as we’re putting together each issue of . Case in point: the piece on life jackets our new intern, Megan McSweeney, wrote for this month’s “Gear” section. Discussing the story with the rest of the staff got me thinking about how my own attitude toward life jackets—and safety gear in general—has changed over

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