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...came in 1969 when he drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Martha’s Vineyard, an incident which resulted in the drowning death of his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. After swimming to safety, Kennedy did not call police until after Kopechne’s body was found the following day. The senator pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, but remained in office and was reelected in 1970.A 1980 run for the presidency proved unsuccessful, particularly after the Chappaquiddick incident became a major factor in the campaign.But while he failed to win the office...
...notes, “The richest one percent of the population now have more wealth than the bottom 90 percent.” But she assumes that people stay in these statistical groupings for life. In fact, individuals move. A study by the University of Michigan found that only five percent of families in the bottom quintile in 1975 were still there...
...Chinese culture first hand,” said East Asian Languages and Civilizations Professor Peter K. Bol, who teaches a course with Szonyi at the College. Szonyi is currently studying the social history of the Ming Dynasty military. He has traced local cults from the Ming Dynasty and has found that some of these cults continue to exist. Their traditions can help historians better understand the role of religion in establishing local social orders, Szonyi said. But Szonyi said his interests do not lie exclusively with the fourteenth century Ming Dynasty. He is also currently investigating Chinese social history during...
...pair never reached the ferry. Kennedy accidentally drove the Oldsmobile off a bridge into a tidal channel on Chappaquiddick Island, and while Kennedy survived, Kopechne’s body was found by authorities the next day. Rumors swirled around the incident. Kennedy later pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and was given a two-month suspended sentence, but his presidential aspirations were over...
...Therefore, it is no great surprise that power generators routinely store fly ash in unsafe conditions—and not just in Kingston. A 2007 EPA report concluded that fly ash had contaminated surface and ground water at 67 sites. Last month, the Department of the Interior found that 27 percent of American freshwater fish contained unsafe levels of mercury; fly-ash pollution is a likely contributing factor. The coal industry’s failure to safely dispose of fly ash has put hundreds of American towns in harm’s way. A rapid and meaningful response from...