PLUTO IS MUCH MORE THAN ICE BALL.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | February 17, 1999 | Copyright

Byline: MICHAEL FINLEY

You may have read that astronomers are urging the planet Pluto be downgraded from its status as planet to ``trans- Neptunian object'' or ``orbiting ice ball'' because, well, that's what it is.

This downgrading may not matter much to you. But it matters plenty to me, because it would downgrade the most exciting meeting I ever had.

I have interviewed or stood close to some impressive movers and shakers -- presidents, archbishops, authors, rock stars, athletes and CEOs. But the most fabulous achiever I ever talked to was a ...

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