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"It was 9:55 AM on Thursday August 14, 2008, and I had just returned from saying goodbye to my 1999 Toyota Camry."

"What follows describes my nine-year 'Herculean' struggle with my draft board to avoid the draft."

"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."

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

"Imagine my surprise when I picked up the paper some time ago to learn that Jacob is the most popular boy’s name in the U.S."

"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."

"There are some things a father never forgets, and the birth of his first child is one of them."

"Some time ago, I wrote about my courtship of, and marriage to Sylvia."

"I have been thinking about all the places I have lived over my 81 years."

"When Sylvia and I saw the neighborhood and the building in 1957, we were impressed."