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PROFILE of Sir Steven Runciman, the historian. Writer first went to visit Sir Steven with a publisher friend, who had commissioned from Sir Steven a book …
David Plante
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A nineteen-year-old American boy was on a French ship, sailing from America to Europe in 1959--his first trip abroad. He didn't speak French very well,…