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...various editions, John Kennedy's Profiles in Courage went through 65 printings, sold more than 3,000,000 copies, and hit the bestseller list during three distinct periods: right after it was written, when he was a Senator; after he was elected President; and after his assassination. Now a memorial edition seems likely to keep the book in the No. 1 spot for quite a while, and not least of all because of a brother's-eye-view foreword by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Excerpts...
...Crimson does against these two teams will depend largely on which of its two images the team chooses to display. Recently the sextet has shown distinct tendencies toward achizophrenia...
Said Morrison: "You can put me down as last in any hating contest." Kennedy was unpopular in Louisiana, as he was in most of the Deep South. And because Morrison, although a lip-service segregationist himself, was unwilling to inveigh against Kennedy, he was a distinct underdog...
...contrast to the Congregationalists, Presbyterian, and Episcopalians, Jewish students in the college have access to a distinct organization. Separate Hillel societies exist at both Harvard and Radcliffe; executive committees meet weekly to establish a program; and there are representatives in all the Houses and Halls...
...Independ ent's sudden growth has come right out of the Herald and News's ad accounts. Says Robert Penland, Herald and News publisher: "We're probably going to have to work a little harder." Even if he does, his new competitor will retain one distinct advantage. Robert Penland sells his paper; Joan Kinney gives her Independent away free...