My late, sainted mother was quoted in The New York Times hammering the cereal industry for its "disgraceful" prices . . . in the summer of 1993.
It was enough to get her into the first paragraph.
Today I joined her in the Times archives for eternity, but I was far less quotable, and thus relegated to the last paragraph.
Much more of my wit and wisdom is available in Newsday's archives, of course.
I do not recall Newsday ever quoting my mother, but she was a loyal subscriber for 25 years, so it's all good.
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Mrs. Fidelman even got in several paragraphs. I was impressed with her thriftyness. Wonder if the grandkids ever caught on?
Of course that old rag you wrote for in Anchorage never had a story with the byline Neil Best, right?
Maybe the line to Sandomir was funnier when you said it.
Sigh.
I wonder what LeBron would have said after having his mother quoted in the Times?
Did you really enjoy being referred to as "one of his scribes"? Sounds like you are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome to me.
"Welcome to the world's most famous arena".
A quote first uttered in 52 AD as Nero welcomed the Christians to the Roman Veterans Memorial Colisseum.
Quake
QUISP! Thanks for that...my favorite cereal growing up!!