by Brad Snyder
Peter Westen, telephone interview, Berkeley, California, December 18, 2004
Russ White, telephone interview, Lake Mary, Florida, October 30, 2004
George Will, telephone interview, Washington, D.C., February 17, 2004
Barbara Williams, Los Angeles, California, January 23, 2005
Ralph Wimbish Jr., telephone interview, New York, New York, February 3, 2005
Phil Wood, telephone interview, Columbia, Maryland, November 1, 2004
Woody Woodward, telephone interview, Palm Coast, Florida, February 17, 2005
Carl Yastrzemski, telephone interview, Boca Raton, Florida, February 25, 2005
Bill Zeigler, telephone interview, Fort Worth, Texas, November 1, 2004
Allan Zerman, Palm Desert, California, March 13, 2004, and January 24, 2005, and Clayton, Missouri, August 23, 2004, and e-mail, May 24, 2005
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