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"For a lot of years—say from before the turn of the century (the 20th) until the 1960s—there was a group of remarkable Jewish labor leaders leading what was known as the Jewish unions." (Fragment)

"I believe Philip Roth wrote a book called Letting Go."

"Some time ago, I wrote a piece that I called 'We Are Outliving Our Bodies.'"

"I recently wrote a piece about Walter Kirschenbaum."

I was rummaging through my files today (February 16, 2009) and came across a folder labeled AFSCME.

"There is a spiritual which begins, 'Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom.' Well, I woke up this morning with my mind on the fact that this would have been our 56th wedding anniversary if Sylvia and I were still married."

"In the summer of 1956, I called Manny Muravchik to ask to meet with him. I had been told that he knew just about everybody in the labor movement. "

"Over the years, I have written about various people I have known—friends, colleagues, etc. Each of us is unique, and I have tried to find and describe that uniqueness."