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...adult table. There was never a kids' table. To me, the greatest privilege of the way I grew up was realizing at a very young age that these people are just as unhappy as everyone else. Once you realize that, it frees you up from believing that fame or riches are going to bring you happiness. I think it takes a lot of people a long time to figure that...
...Does fame hurt your reporting? If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way. The thing I love about reporting is being able to blend in with any group, whether that's neo-Nazis or pedophiles. Frankly, I'm the same person I've always been, and I'm pretty good at blending...
...some superglue.' O.K. Well, now what were we talking about?" Yes, that's the same Elizabeth who married James Morris in 1949 and had five children with him, four of whom survive. Elizabeth has remained superglued to her former husband's side through sex change, brain surgery, literary fame and near-constant travel. "We go to Trieste nearly every year," Morris says of that flavorful, heterogeneous Adriatic port. "It has haunted me more than anywhere else. It's the most allegoric city I know. I am Trieste. Trieste is me." Trieste was also the subject of the 2001 book, Trieste...
...Television Hall of Fame inducted two-time Emmy winner Lehrer in 1999. Lehrer’s public profile is largely defined by his role as moderator of 10 presidential debates...
...enter as a commercial competitor in the booming field of genetic engineering, he appealed to some time-honored precepts. Learning should be an end in itself, not a way to earn vast fortunes. Teachers should be teaching, searching, thinking, and not competing with each other for profit and fame. In a world as brim full of the commercial and the exploitative as ours, Harvard should serve as a sanctuary of something higher. And though we are not convinced these were the only reasons for rejecting the commercial enterprise, we applaud his decision. We don’t, however, jump...