Gladys Kessler Federal judge

“Defendants knowingly convey the false impression that cigarettes with those labels are less harmful than other cigarettes.”

From This is True for 26 March 2023

Dick Fosbury The floppy

“I just wonder what would have happened if I had quit before 1968.”

From This is True for 12 March 2023

Judy Heumann Champion of the disabled

“Some people say I changed the world. But I simply refused to accept what I was told about who I could be.”

From This is True for 5 March 2023

Bob Richards Talkative athlete

“I reckon that there were over a million guys in America who could have beaten me.”

From This is True for 26 February 2023

Abraham Lempel Computer scientist

Lempel was interested in data compression, and his work is still in use on your computer and phone.

From This is True for 12 February 2023

Terence Dickinson Astronomer

A “shooting star” caught his eye and made him look up, and he kept looking for the rest of his life.

From This is True for 5 February 2023