[As I Saw It 01] • As I Saw It by Scott, Marvin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface Introduction PEOPLE AND PLACES

1 Playing Cupid in the Craziest Love Story 2 Remember JFK 3 Charlie’s Odyssey 4 Marilyn, the Pink Elephant and Me 5 Amityville-Horror or Hoax? 6 The Bravest Person I Ever Met

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

7 Going to Hunt Humans 8 The Greenwich Murders 9 The FBI Beat Me to the Ransom 10 The Fugitives and Me 11 The Wrong Man

THE TIMES

12 The Triumph and Tragedy of Space 13 The Alcoholic Who Saved My Life 14 Adding a Voice to History 15 The Night the Martians Landed 16 The Beatles—Coming to America 17 Marching with Martin Luther King, in Life and Death 18 September 11, 2001—a Remembrance

WAR

19 Journey to Suez 20 Beware the Silence 21 Children of Terror 22 Bringing Christmas to Our Troops 151

ON REPORTING

23 Exclusives: The Agony and the Ecstasy 24 There’s Gold in Those Rotting Ferry Boats: A Classical Investigation 25 The Reading Test Scandal 26 Becoming My Own Story 27 The Kid Reporter Who Became a Chief 28 Working the street 200

INTERVIEWS

29 Jerry Lewis: King of Comedy 30 Chuck Yeager: Aviation Pioneer 31 Ed Koch: New York’s Tenacious Cheerleader 32 Walter Cronkite: The Most Trusted Man’s Hero 33 Sophia Loren: Just Call Her Mamma 34 Dog Day: The Robber Who Wanted a Bank Job 35 Christie Brinkley: The Knockout Who Focused on Knockouts 36 Eddie Fisher: The Kiss I Never Saw Coming 37 The Holocaust Denier: A Difficult Interview 38 Elie Wiesel: Bearing Witness 39 Rudy Giuliani: Shedding a Tear Like the Rest of US 40 Liberace: The Day He Played The Piano for Me 250

SHORT TAKES

41 The Angel of the Evening 42 “My Hostage” 43 The News in Briefs 44 The Witness 45 Blaming The News 46 A Breaking Story that Hit Home 47 Hurricane Calling 48 Watch Who You’re Turning Your Back On 49 Jackie O’s One-Word Exclusive 50 A Hit Man’s Salutation 51 The Fire That Taught Me a Lesson 52 One Hell of a Story 53 Cuffed On Assignment 53 The Concorde Over Lunch 54 My Murderous Pen Pals 55 Presidents 56 The Photo That Brought a Family Together 57 Nice to Meet You

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