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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...
...Ladies and gentlemen," he began, rather formally, respectfully. "I'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening because I have some very sad news ..." His voice caught, and he turned it into a slight cough, a throat clearing, "and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee...
...There were screams, wailing-just the rawest, most visceral sounds of pain that human voices can summon. As the screams died, Kennedy resumed, slowly, pausing frequently, measuring his words: "Martin Luther King ... dedicated his life ... to love ... and to justice between fellow human beings, and he died in the cause of that effort." There was near total silence now. One senses, listening to the tape years later, the audience's trust in the man on the podium, a man who didn't merely feel the crowd's pain but shared it. And Kennedy reciprocated: he laid himself bare for them...
...falling to the Lions in New York, the Crimson lost its second-straight Ivy League match on the weekend. Harvard got off to a shaky start when the pair of Kumar and co-captain Brandon Chiu lost 3-8 at the first position to the pair of Jimmy and Martin Moore of Columbia. Juniors Scott Denenberg and Gideon Valkin, playing second, picked up an 8-6 win to give the Crimson a chance of securing the doubles point. The most frustrating match of the day, however, happened at the doubles third position, where Harvard essentially lost the game...
...team to have so many boats do so well.” For the heavyweights, Saturday did not result in victory, but some rowers found solace in the disappointment. “I think we feel pretty good about the race today,” heavyweight senior Laura Martin said. “It gave us areas to improve upon, and there are a lot of races this season for us work on theses areas and get better.” Coming off last weekend’s upset victory over No. 4 Brown, the Black and White?...