Now I've Heard Everything Bill Thompson

About 20 years ago, the New York public library assembled a list of books on the seven deadly sins, one of which, of course, is sloth.
But if you've always been a little fuzzy about exactly what sloth is playwright essayist and satirist Wendy wasserstein to the rescue.
In this 2005 interview Wasserstein explains -- with tongue in cheek -- how to achieve your inner sloth.
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Dick Williams guided the Boston Red Sox to the pennant in 1967, the Oakland A's to three championships in the '70s and the San Diego Padres to the National League title in 1984.
Along the way, Williams earned a reputation as a hard driving manager who expected nothing but the highest performances from his teams.
In this 1990 interview Williams talks about his memoir No More Mr. Nice Guy.

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The political turbulence of the 1960s has been well documented. and one name that appears prominently in that story is Tom Hayden.One of the founders of the Students For a Democratic Society, Hayden was also a Freedom Rider in the south, fighting for civil rights, but also became one of the leading young voices against the Vietnam War.
In the historically tumultuous 1968, Hayden was among several high profile demonstrators at the notorious Democratic National Convention in Chicago. They were eventually brought to trial and became known as The Chicago Seven.
In this 1988 interview, Hayden discusses his memoir Reunion.

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Rose Resnick was a talented and successful concert pianist. She also played at clubs, and performed on the radio in the 1930s. She was also a music teacher.
She was also blind. Resnick, who was born in 1906, lost her sight from glaucoma as a child.
Over the rest of her life Resnick became a powerful advocate for the blind. She established the California League of the Handicapped, as well as other organizations for the visually imp[aired.
In this 988.interbiew Resnick talks about her life and her book Dare to Dream.

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The modern zoo bears little resemblance to those you, or your parents, may remember. The cramped dirty cages that characterized the zoos of a prior era have now been replaced by more open settings that may mimic an animal's natural habitat.
One of the principal architects of that transformation was longtime Columbus Zoo director Jack Hanna. He took over an aging and decrepit facility and turned it into a showplace, attracting thousands of visitors.
In this 1989 interview Hanna discusses his autobiography Monkeys On The Interstate.

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Photo by Phil Konstantin
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Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the most prominent face of the Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO, was its leader, Yasser Arafat. His was an image that many associated with terrorism and violence
In the early 1990s, the PLO put forth a new spokesperson, A well dressed and articulate woman in her 40s named Hanan Ashrawi. She became well known to American television viewers as a sharp contrast to the Arafat image.
In this1995 interview Ashrawi talks about her autobiography This Side of Peace.

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Photo by Carsten Sohn
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