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By Ryszard KapuścińskiWhen I went to work at the Polish Press Agency in 1958, the world presented itself to me as something impossible even to begin to comprehend, let alone master. And all the more so because, given my work, I had so little time to devote to it.
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By Heather RadkeIt’s January 1, 1985, and in kitchens and cars across the US, National Public Radio is reporting the news: The man who hijacked American Airlines Flight 626 is in custody in Havana, Cuba;
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Belle
By Vilma HowardBelle had a scar on the third finger of her left hand. She was twenty-nine and unmarried—twice. To know what she looked like, you had to ask somebody. That didn’t always help though. Like, one time in the Beauty Parlor, Skeezer’s little Sister said Belle was ugly, but the hair dresser said, “Aw, Belle a mighty pretty girl, sister.”
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By Rachel CuskBefore the flight I was invited for lunch at a London club with a billionaire I’d been promised had liberal credentials. He talked in his open-necked shirt about the new software he was developing that could help organizations identify the employees most likely to rob and betray them in the future.
