Among those recruited by Donovan were historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., music critic Edwin Downes, major league baseball star Moe Berg, Julia ("bon appetit!") Child, and independent business entrepreneur Lucky Luciano.
It is tempting to imagine a dinner gathering of these five: Schlesinger would be scribbling notes; Downes, speaking in his mellow "Metropolitan Opera Quiz" baritone, would be challenging the others to identify obscure arias; Berg would be trying to organize a game; Child would, of course, be serving dinner; and Luciano might be heard saying, "Julia, I could kill for more of that tiramisu."
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