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"Am I the only one who sees a connection between the second of the Ten Commandments, and the second of the Ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?"

"Having mentioned ROL (Reading Out Loud) so often, I decided to try to describe its origin, and how it evolved over the years. ROL is very important to me."
Revised and expanded draft of "The ROL" (2014)

"My non-ROL friends and my children have heard me mention ROL so often, I have decided to try to describe its origin, and how it has developed over the years."

"By now, most everyone has heard that smart-ass remark of some of my contemporaries: 'I don’t even buy green bananas'."

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

"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…

"Thinking about the division of labor, I realize that the traditional concept relates to industry, where a job is broken down to its component parts."

"Since the beginning of 2010, I had been working with Marie Ariel, a wonderful librarian, to get the Boston Workmen’s Circle Library in shape."

"I came to Boston from DC in 1979, when I was appointed Director of the NE Region of the US Civil Rights Commission."

"When I was a small child, my mother taught me to say 'please' and 'thank you'."