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Article: Leaders often listen to zealots these days; St. Paul mayor sees a growing lack of tolerance and common sense.(NEWS)(Doug Grow)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- July 20, 2004
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Byline: Doug Grow; Staff Writer
I should have seen this coming more than a quarter century ago.
It was 1978 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. I was a sports writer, covering a game between Notre Dame and Texas. I'd arrived at the press box early to set up my work station. This involved putting my typewriter, a couple of notebooks, two boxes of Marlboro cigarettes and an ashtray on my table space.
I was ready for anything - except for the scribe sitting on my right.
"You're not planning on smoking those, are you?" he asked.
"What do you think, I'm just going to look at them for the next six hours?" I asked.
"I'm asking ...