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Senator Allen's Webb: the Democrat in Virginia--an unusual fellow--is putting up an unexpected fight.(POLITICS)(James Webb, George Allen)
JOHN HERRINGTON was driving his car across San Francisco's Bay Bridge, on his way to an amateur boxing match in 1978, when he first heard of James Webb. The young author was on the radio to promote Fields of Fire, his just-published novel about the Vietnam War. Herrington might not have remembered the broadcast, if it hadn't been for an exchange in its final moments. The host of the show mentioned that a certain actress was coming to town. There was a long pause. "Jane Fonda can kiss my a**," said Webb. "I wouldn't go across the street to watch her slit her wrist."
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