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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

of course if you *want* to talk about the news — or anything else — down here in the comments, I won't stop you

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Bill Lawrence's avatar

I was a middle class kid from Chicago. I dropped out of the U of Illinois in 60, went West, joined the Navy and became a journalist. I got my BA, then after the service earned an MA. While on Okinawa took the Foreign Service Exam, passed it, and eventually joined the U.S. Information Agency. Served behind the Iron Curtain in Bulgaria, was posted to Zambia, Ghana, the U.S. Mission to the EU, where I met my wife of (now) over 40 years. Then to Yugoslavia, then to Delhi and Madras in India. Retired ages ago and have traveled extensively since. Now, at 85, have four grown grandchildren. We live in Brooklyn, NY

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