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Vice Capades

How a mild-mannered reporter from the Midwest traded in his navy blazer for a sixty-second shot at fame and fortune

July 1 1986 Bob Greene
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Vice Capades

How a mild-mannered reporter from the Midwest traded in his navy blazer for a sixty-second shot at fame and fortune

July 1 1986 Bob Greene

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