The first newspaper I worked on was the 'Springfield Union' in Springfield, Massachusetts. I wrote over a hundred … - Tom Wolfe

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An unstated but crucial premise is that the "responsible men" achieve that exalted status by their service to authentic power, a fact of life that they will discover soon enough if they try to pursue an independent path.

Tom Wolfe

The first newspaper I worked on was the 'Springfield Union' in Springfield, Massachusetts. I wrote over a hundred letters to newspapers asking for work and got three responses, two no's.

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