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...Yeah, when I was on the Letterman show and I went out the next day, I would stare at people probably a little too long giving them the opportunity to recognize me. I know what you're thinking..."Yes, you did see me on television last night...I was funny, yeah." But Dr. Katz is well known in many countries around the world...
...encountered similar situations. She will give you an emphatic "yes." Whether she is blond or brunette, tall or short, thin or heavy, daringly dressed or wearing baggy sweatpants and an extra large T-shirt--whether she is what society's conventions consider attractive or not--men will comment, stare and flirt with a persistence that makes traveling salespeople look inattentive by comparison...
...sweat, unwashed clothing, old shoes and garbage suffuses the narrow makeshift corridors. Cooking noises mingle with the gurgle of kitchen-side urinals. On tiny TV sets, a few men watch home videos of kin and country long left behind, for some as much as a decade ago. Others stare at the distant passion of porn tapes smuggled in from the old homeland. Each night the sounds of aching and loneliness drift down to the streets of Chinatown...
Firefighters are like no other people. There is no power and no monetary reward. They do their job with dedication, courage and commitment. Yes, maybe they receive some kind of macho adrenaline rush which makes it worthwhile, but the bottom line is they are everyday heroes. People stop and stare because somewhere deep down all of us wonder whether, if we were placed in the same situation, we could act with the same bravery and selflessness...
...stop, my head turns, and I stare with fascination because this world has so few heroes left. Every time a truck passes, I know heroes have just gone by. DAVID V. JOFFE...