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October 24, 1999 | MIKE DOWNEY
Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Harry Potter. Everywhere I go now, I hear about Harry Potter. Six weeks ago, I had never even heard the name Harry Potter. I didn't know Harry Potter from Peter Piper. "Who's Harry Potter?" I asked a woman in a bookstore who had just asked about a book by Harry Potter. "Who's Harry Potter!!!" she replied, as if I had just asked who was Donald Duck. "I don't know his books," I said somewhat sheepishly, although I have never actually listened to a sheep.
NEWS
December 5, 2006 | Andrew Malcolm and Brian Hanrahan, Times Staff Writers
New fire chief to battle hazing Los Angeles' incoming fire chief, Douglas Barry, the first African American to head the department, says his bureau's problems of hazing and discrimination are limited in nature. But the 53-year-old assistant chief pledges nonetheless to eradicate them from the troubled department. Barry, who is a 31-year veteran of the fire department, takes over as interim chief Jan. 1 during a maximum year-long formal search for a permanent chief.