Newspaperwoman, international correspondent, writes of her meetings with the great and near great.

A collection of papers, articles, and speeches in which the veteran US reporter takes his profession to task. They begin with the FBI investigation that led to impeachment articles against Richard Nixon, and progress through the Cold War and the Gulf War to the devolution of news into sensationalist entertainment. A special 20th-anniversary edition of Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Jim Taylor brings a unique perspective to sports writing-he is, after all, the founder of Slobbies (the Society to Let Our Bodies Indulge to Excess) who maintains that being a couch potato is a form of exercise. Unimpressed by statistics and scorecards, Taylor writes about people.

Have you ever been the odd man out? A different breed? A fish out of water? Join the author as she navigates foreign territory as the only Jewish person teaching in a Catholic school. Experience the joy and memorable moments as well as the sting of anti-Semitism and ignorance. Despite the challenges, she discovers that the job was a blessing in disguise and fate may have played a hand in her school placement.