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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…
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FATHER’S DAY BAFFLEMENT
When I had an exalted position with AT&T, I would refer baffling questions to my secretaries. Three of those secretaries remain in touch and I would probably refer my current Father’s Day bafflement to them. Those three are Althea Scheller, Pat Impellizari, and Lorraine Grant Murray. My first bafflement has to do with the term,…
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ENGLISH LINGUA FRANCA
In the spring of 1942, I made my first attempts to join the American Army. This essay has nothing to do with army life but rather it has to do with language. At that time, in 1942, the lingua franca of the world was French. The language of diplomacy was conducted in French, which accounted…
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END TIMES
Those of you who are involved in Protestant theological matters will recognize the title of this essay, “End Times,” with no hesitation. For those unacquainted with theological matters of the Protestant faith, perhaps I should explain that the words “end times” mean the end of the world. True believers hold that the end of the…
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DROPPING BABIES
Lindsey Graham is the senior senator from South Carolina who is single and in his mid-fifties. So it is a surprise to see him lend his efforts to a campaign about dropping babies. But the fact is that ol’ Lindsey has recently joined the Republican fight which contends that illegal immigrants come to the United…