At seven, handing in his spelling test to his second grade teacher, he said: Mark my words.

On his eighth birthday he received a child's wrist watch. He put it on, looked at the face, then raced around checking every clock in the house. Returning to his parents, he sadly said: There's no time like the present.

He was only four when he was on an Alaska cruise with his family and his Aunt Betsy's family. As they neared Sitka, Betsy's five year-old son, Robert, pointed to the town and said to him "Shiksa, Cousin!" He shook his head, pointed to the same spot and insisted, "Shishka, Bob."
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