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...evening of april 4, 1968, about an hour after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy responded with a powerfully simple speech, which he delivered spontaneously in a black neighborhood of Indianapolis. Nearly 40 years later, Kennedy's words stand as an example of the substance and music of politics in its grandest form and highest purpose-to heal, to educate, to lead. Sadly, his speech also marked the end of an era: the last moments before American public life was overwhelmed by marketing professionals, consultants and pollsters who, with the flaccid acquiescence of the politicians, have robbed...
...hour interview last week, Olmert betrayed little uncertainty about the job ahead. "I've been working 33 years to reach this minute," he says. "I am where I'm supposed to be." Olmert is rangy and barrel-chested, with a long, sallow countenance that makes him look as if he is in a constant state of mourning. In person, he exudes a relaxed, backslapping warmth, but even those close to him say he can get prickly. "He always has to have the last word," says Etti Livni, a former Knesset member and close friend. Says Aliza: "He's a hunter...
...film that, in its near finished state, runs about 105 min., it's 30 min. before Flight 93 is aloft, an additional 12 min. before the second plane hits the World Trade Center, a full hour before the hijackers seize control. For the viewer, the wait is rackingly tense, as real as a newsreel...
Ryan is working hard these days. He wakes up before 5 every morning to go to his job at a car-parts factory, where he works on the line and earns less than $10 an hour. On Saturdays and Sundays, he trains new employees at the local Arby's. In all, he takes home about $23,000 a year. He would like to go to college someday, he says with a slightly embarrassed grin, to study criminology. He wants...
...Class of 2006 will soon be treated to its very own “Hour with Jim Lehrer.” The noted news anchor and novelist will be the principal speaker for Harvard’s 355th Commencement Afternoon Exercises on June 8. The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), responsible for choosing each year’s afternoon speaker, selected Lehrer for his “objectivity and intelligence” and the respect he inspires, according to the announcement in the Harvard Gazette yesterday. In his over 40 years as a journalist, Lehrer has won numerous awards, including...