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    If writing is part of what you want to do, becoming a “writer” isn’t as simple as putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. Writing is hard, and hard work. What does it take to pay the bills by writing for a living?

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    News Release

    JFK Library Releases Remaining Presidential Recordings

    For Immediate Release: January 24, 2012
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    BOSTON– The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that it has declassified and made available the final 45 hours of White House recordings that were secretly taped during President John F. Kennedy’s time in office. In all, President Kennedy recorded over 248 hours of meeting conversations and 12 hours of dictabelt telephone conversations on a system that remained a closely held secret even from his top aides. Today’s release encompasses meetings held during the three months leading up to the end of the Kennedy Administration.

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