Word: kennedyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After a month's hiatus, all of the unanswered questions were due to take shape again this week as the Massachusetts Supreme Court meets to consider whether-and on what ground rules-an inquest will be held into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Yet the issues of the...
The popular verdict is difficult to discern and could still be considerably altered if Kennedy, at an inquest or in some other forum, can provide a more complete explanation of his behavior on Chappaquiddick. Kennedy is privately convinced that he will eventually be able to persuade millions of Americans of...
In his own mind, however, Kennedy has obviously learned to live with the tragedy of Mary Jo Kopechne's death and his political misfortunes. In recent days, he has displayed a marked resilience. He has lost 20 lbs.-leading to a Capitol Hill sick joke: "There must be an...
Last week, as Kennedy was rushing to a Senate-House conference, he encountered a couple with a teen-age daughter. When the father raised his camera, Kennedy asked, "Do you want a picture? Stand here with me." The excited mother and daughter posed with Kennedy while the father snapped away...
Questions of Secrecy. He may have forsaken any presidential ambition for 1972, but Kennedy is now determined to prove that he deserves re-election next year as an active Senator. A nearly total immersion in Senate business has also acted as a kind of therapy. Occasionally, he fears that he...