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#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."
Shaving
"I am 70 years old and have been shaving for about 55 years."
David Elkin
"I first met David when Fran and I married in 1981, and I was amazed that we had not met before."
How I Became A Union Official
"As youngsters, we have all been asked by well meaning relatives: What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Canoeing
"I have to admit, I am not much of an athlete."
#44 Music in My Life
"For some people, their lives would be empty and unfulfilled without music."
#2 Nursery School Days
"When I was about five years old, my mother 'enrolled' me in the Isaac Gerson Foundation Hebrew Day Nursery. "
#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."
The Prize
"I was 12 years old and had been going to Hebrew School for three years."
#9 The Prize
"I was 12 years old and had been going to Hebrew school for about three years."