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Stern grew up on Long Island, went to Boston University, and worked at stations in Westchester, N.Y.; Hartford, Conn.; Detroit; and Washington, D.C., before making it in New York City.
In fact, it was his stern, ridiculous policemanese--"Step away from the vehicle!"--that surprised me, since I'm, you know, white, and middle-aged, and wear glasses.
As for cat holes , they were two small holes cut into the stern above the gun ports on a sailing man o' war, on the same level as the capstan, and used for leading a stern hawser to the capstan when required to secure the ship astern.
Up until a few weeks ago, the presidential campaign was marked by a deliberate effort at restraint--no insults, few attacks, an unvarying tone of stern politesse.
So he asked one of his staffers, Michael Stern, to work out the details of a plan that would do just that.