In his autobiography, "It Doesn't Take A Hero, " Schwarzkopf outlined the reasons that coalition forces didn't press on to the Iraqi capital during the first Gulf War.

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Hanging out at Malibu, mostly, hoping to bump into Johnny Carson. (So far, he hasn't.) He's also been writing his autobiography.

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But Shapiro says autobiography--a term that wasn't part of the language until the 19th century--was barely used in any kind of work in Shakespeare's time save for the odd sermon or other religious writing.

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