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Martin: Ugliness amid the parade of beauty
On Thursday morning, everyone in Aspen was smiling. An old-school Fourth of July parade was moving at its gloriously funeral pace — slower than a drinks trolley in coach after a two-hour flight delay — complete with honking fire engines, motorcycles, face …