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祝大家圣诞快乐!-ARedLightforScofflaws(对违反法律者亮红灯)FrankTrippettDirectoryAbouttheAuthorLanguagePointsTextcontentAuthorFrankTrippett:FrankTrippettwasbornJuly1,1926,inColumbus,Mississippi,andgrewupinAberdeen,,DukeUniversity,'sfirstjobasajournalistwaswiththeMeridian(Mississippi),whichhelatercalled,“thattradethatwasdesignedinheavenforthoseofuswhoareunsuitedforusefulemployment.”TrippettworkedfortheFredericksburg(Virginia)FreeLance-Star,(Florida),,UnitedTheyFell(1967)andTheFirstHorsemen(1974),aswellasthenovelChildEllen(1975).,Hymning&HawingAboutAmerica(2000),publishedbyXlibris(),“oneofthereallymind-blowingtalentsofhisgenerationasajournalist,essayist,andstoryteller.”TrippettandhiswifeBettylivedandraisedtheirfourchildreninLarchmont,NewYork,untilhisdeathattheageof71onJune18,1998.(ArticlefirstpostedJanuary2002)SummaryFrankTrippett:(1926—)NowsenioreditorofTimemagazine,:TheStates:UnitedTheyFall(1967),TheFirstHorseman(1974),andChildEllen(1975).ThetextfirstappearedinTime,《TIME》(即《时代周刊》),是美国乃至世界知名的时事性