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Martin Dyckman: Remembering the broad, deep integrity of Janet Reno

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On the next to last morning of our nation’s most dreadful campaign, my wife questioned whether it’s possible to be a politician without losing one’s soul. As I started to name those I knew who had kept theirs, word came that my old friend Janet Reno had died. I rested my case. Her integrity ran broad and deep. Reporters liked to write about the little things, such as carrying change to feed Washington parking meters while she was attorney general…

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Lucy Morgan’s tribute to Jeannie Malchon

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When news of her death at age 86 spread this week, one friend recalled the day Jeannie Malchon loaded all of her papers, charts and things in the back seat of her car as she headed out to yet another meeting. She threw the car in reverse and charged out of the garage, not realizing she had forgotten to close the back door of the car, which was wrenched backward. She got out, ripped the door off of its hanging…

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