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"I was 12 years old and had been going to Hebrew school for about three years."

"At 8 am on the morning of Monday August 9, David called. "

Alternate version of "My Career as a Lawyer"

"Lenny Rubin was the first friend I made after entering City College in September 1945."

"I am 77 years old. I am retired. I have a great deal less energy than I used to have."

"In 1933, I was five years old. My father had died in 1931, and my mother was finally able to come to grips with the fact that we should move from our four-room Beck Street apartment in the Bronx, to a smaller apartment that would cost less."

"When I was about nine years old, my mother began a routine which we followed until I was a teen-ager..."

"As soon as school ended in June of 1942, I started to look for a summer job."

"I started writing this on August 28, 2005, the 42nd anniversary of the March on Washington."

"The fall of 1947 was much like the fall of 1946 and 1945: classes at CCNY started right after Labor Day and I had a heavy schedule."