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My life has been a battle with impatience. Sometimes my exasperation with the pace of progress boils down to the way people cross the street in front my car. I like to imagine that everyone wants the gears of transportation (and forward momentum) to move smoothly and effectively. This is not always the case.
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My life has been a battle with impatience. Sometimes my exasperation with the pace of progress boils down to the way people cross the street in front my car. I like to imagine that everyone wants the gears of transportation (and forward momentum) to move smoothly and effectively. This is not always the case.
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The Compton Crosswalk Stroll
Patience Meets the Street
My life has been a battle with impatience. Sometimes my exasperation with the pace of progress boils down to the way people cross the street in front my car. I like to imagine that everyone wants the gears of transportation (and forward momentum) to move smoothly and effectively. This is not always the case. Nevertheless, it’s a struggle to be not annoyed about the unavoidable. Let me try your patience by going back in time.
It is February 3, 1965, 11:30 am and two great rivals of 20th century American momentum are about to meet.
My father Frank is driving his red Corvair. He’s at the corner Magnolia and Dwight in Compton, California. Frank works for and believes in General Motors Corporation. Raised on the pace of business success, IBM and Dale Carnegie’s self-help upwardly mobile enthusiasm, Frank lives at a quickened m...
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