A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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John Mendelssohn
Aug 15, 2010
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After I graduated from high school and went on to one of the bigger University of California campuses, my stunning good looks got me into trouble only infrequently, as the ethos of the age dictated that the very good-looking be scorned rather than celebrated; having been blessed genetically was seen as hardly less part of The Man’s plan to keep down the…

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