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#22 What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
"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."
#23 Election Days (first draft)
"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."
#26 Irving Howe
"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."
#29 Pets
"Growing up in the Bronx, I believed that Jewish families didn’t have pets."
#30 My Courtship of, and Marriage to, Frances Morrill
"In the spring of 1979, the staff director of the US Commission on Civil Rights announced plans to open a New England Regional Office."
#31 A Coat for Passover
"I was 12 years old. My routine was clearly established."
#32 Who Says I Don't Have a Green Thumb (A memoir in three parts)
"My wife Fran takes great pride in her plant management."
#33 A Page from my Working Life: The Newspaper Division of the NY Public Library
"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."
#35 My Mother's Story
"Ever since my mother died, I have been thinking about, and telling people, what a remarkable woman my mother was."
#36 Grassroots Politics
"It was the fall of 1948, I was entering my senior year at City College, and the country was in turmoil, politically."