Time to grow up

Just as a child has to let go of his toys one day, a country has to give up certain things as it matures.

OTHER people may have had a box or a cupboard, but I had a good old-fashioned toy chest under the stairs. Over the years the collection grew, and some of my fondest childhood memories were of playing with my Six Million Dollar Man action figure and his bionic arm, or scoping out the living room plains with my Lone Ranger doll, complete with his trusty steed Silver and loyal companion Tonto.