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"In six days, the United States will, hopefully, be electing a new president, and, thinking about it, I found myself reliving the first presidential election that I am able to remember."

"I feel that I have known Irving Howe all my life, although I may have been in the same room with him five times and exchanged no more than a few sentences with him each time."

"Growing up in the Bronx, I believed that Jewish families didn’t have pets."

"In the spring of 1979, the staff director of the US Commission on Civil Rights announced plans to open a New England Regional Office."

"I was 12 years old. My routine was clearly established."

"My wife Fran takes great pride in her plant management."

"In September 1942, I entered Stuyvesant High School, and since Stuyvesant ran on a split session, it meant I could easily hold down a part-time job."

"Ever since my mother died, I have been thinking about, and telling people, what a remarkable woman my mother was."

"It was the fall of 1948, I was entering my senior year at City College, and the country was in turmoil, politically."

"I love to take pictures. In fact, over the past 50 years, I have never gone on a trip or to a 'special occasion' [...] without my camera. If my friends or family are there, or someone else’s friends or family, I am there taking pictures."