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The boss don’t like swindle, make it robbery
The National Enquirer is a shadow of its former self. I worked there for a month in 1981 when it was owned and edited by Generoso Pope. I was no fan of his then but in retrospect I can’t imagine him catching and killing for Donald Trump. His guys would have caught and published, the…
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The Turkish Girl
I often wonder what became of the girl we ran over on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 8, 1967, somewhere between Troy and our tent by the Hellespont. She would be about 70 now. Does she have grandchildren? Has she told them how she got that dent on her forehead? I recently found a photograph…
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Forgotten Sacrifice
Here is the beach at Marina di Campo on the Italian island of Elba as it looks now. This evening the popular summer resort hosts White Night, a music festival. L’auspicio è quello di vedere il nostro paese invaso da persone in festa, say the organisers. We look forward to seeing our town invaded by party-goers. Eighty…
