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IN MEMORIAM ABELINO MAZARIEGO (1953-2010)
There are two essays in this package having to do with the murder of Abelino Mazariego. The second essay is called, “I’m still as mad as hell.” These essays were written in anger and contain a few redundancies and a few errors. But in the second essay, I have tried to correct some of the…
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SPEAKING UP
Those of you who have come to know me in the past 60 years are probably aware that I harbor certain prejudices. I see nothing to praise, for example, about the New York Yankees, particularly when they are under the direction of George Steinbrenner. On the other side of the coin, it has always struck…
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume IV
Volume IV There are four exclamations that will wrap up the story on He, She, They Said That?! They come from widely varied sources. The first one is about a preacher in New Providence, New Jersey and the owner of a filling station/garage across the street. My recollection is that in 1956, there…
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume III
Volume III When I set out to write this essay, I thought my recollections could be contained in an essay of maybe six or eight pages. But as it has turned out, my recollections have now reached a total of three volumes. I believe that I have spent as much time as I wish to…
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! VOLUME II
VOLUME II This is the second volume of “They Said That?” This essay will lean heavily on my experience in the labor relations field and on my work as an attendant in the filling station business. In the labor relations field, there are some rich quotations. There was a division accounting manager for AT&T…
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume I
Volume I I regret to say that in my case I went through the age of puberty a good many years ago. Living a long life has its pluses and minuses. On the plus side, there are many recollections that remain in my mind and which, taking one thing with another, constitute pleasant memories. …
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FULL FLEDGED DEVOTION
Under ordinary circumstances, the day at this house begins with a loud thud made by the storm door on the front porch. The loud thud has to do with the delivery of two newspapers rolled up and inserted into a plastic bag. If I am lucky, the newspapers will be placed to the side of…
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GREEN BANANAS
As everyone knows, I hope, I am a student of politics, particularly at the national level. For a time of about four years, I had the opportunity to be a lobbyist for AT&T in Washington. Unfortunately, I did not have an opportunity to meet Senator Claude Pepper from Florida during that time. But as age…
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HALL TREES AND SAM HALL
When I entered the high school in Clayton, Missouri in January of 1936, I was asked a question about my course preparation. The basic premise was that if you were going on to college, Clayton High School would equip you to handle college work. If you were not going to college, you were assigned to…
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FOND MEMORIES OF WILL-YAM
During this last week in March, the elder Carr daughter left her abode in Manhattan and came to see Judy and myself. She was accompanied by the afore-said Will-Yam who is her son. I know a good bit about Will-Yam in that I watched Maureen, better known as Blondie, progressing through all of the stages…