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"In 2009 it will be 60 years since I graduated from City College. Over these six decades, I have bored countless friends and family expressing my debt to my college..."

"As we were approaching our last semester at Stuyvesant High School in the spring of 1945, the New York State Board of Regents announced a new way of awarding the 300 scholarships that were given to the 300 smartest high school graduates in the…

"After 2 1/2 years (from September 1951 to January 1954) working full time as an organizer for Local 38 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), and going full time to NYU, ostensibly working toward a PhD in Economics, and having…

"As I put together 'my story' it occurred to me that it is like the resumes we prepared when looking for a job..."

"Observing my son's recent struggle to decide between two job possibilities, which may well determine his future, brought back my struggle to choose between a career in education or trade unionism."

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

Alternate version of "My Career as a Lawyer"

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

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

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