He participated in a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance and wrote an inscription in the guest book at a memorial for the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust.

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Desperate for advice, I wrote to my dear friend Donald Hall, the former poet laureate.

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Rob Neyer, a terrific baseball writer, recently wrote a column about integrity and character as applied by Hall of Fame voters to the players.

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