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NORMAN COUSINS (1915 -1990) American author and world peace advocate.Excellent content T.L.S., 2pp., 4to., on World magazine letterhead, May 10, 1973, to fellow author Jim Bishop, in part: "...I was driving from New Canaan to New York...I turned the radio on....the announcer was saying something about a Governor having been shot. The announcers' voice was not particularly agitated...then suddenly it happened: The President had been shot and his car had broken away from the motorcade and was heading towards the hospital. Each statement more grave...more terrifying...I felt a great earthquake around me...everyone else seemed, too, know the world was not the same. The man at the toll booth on the Henry Hudson was sobbing. Some cars just beyond the toll booth had pulled over. The people in the cars were just sitting there, lifeless. A motorcycle cop was parked just behind one of the cars and seemed tamed and meek and out of character, as though there was nothing left for him to do. Everyone was driving more slowly now. The President's car had arrived at the hospital and everyone had a sense of the worst, even though the reports stopped short of finality. It was the noon hour when I drove into the parking lot on 44th street...the streets seemed devoid of people. The world hadn't come to an end but you had the feeling that this was what it might have been like..". Very good.