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“Stealing from California’s venerated public university system steals from taxpayers and the thousands of students who rely on the university for affordable tuition and educational and career opportunities.”

“There’s an up- and downside to being venerated,” he said.

But the glitzy, long process of interviews, parties and industry events was shocking and incredibly foreign for the venerated star.

Last week, some of the characters from the venerated children’s television show — Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Grover — stopped by the Los Angeles Times to chat with Nicholas Ducassi, the host of “Very Important Questions.”

In a democracy, we can argue over what history means or what parts of the past should be venerated and which should not be, as fights over monuments have shown.