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Nearly 20 years after he first came to Harvard to author a tribute to his slain mentor, former Kennedy aide Theodone C. Sorensen was back on campus yesterday working for his protege. Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Gary Hart (D-Codo...
...Cleary eventually convince the high scoring skater to play college hockey in Bright Center? One of the keys of his recruiting success is his distinctive soft-sell approach. "We go to some of his games when we can; we keep in contact when we can," the Crimson mentor explains. "It's not in my nature to keep in contact with a guy every day, to pressure too much. Oftentimes when we go to a game we don't even tell them we're in the stands...
Jesse Louis Jackson, 41, the illegitimate son of a South Carolina high school student has for 15 years sought to don the mantle of his mentor Martin Luther King Jr. By turns he can be fascinating and frightening, inspiring and irritating, charismatic and controversial. And so too is the crusade he has been considering. On one level it would be the ultimate embodiment of the American political ideal, an affirmation that every child of the nation, yes even a black one, can some day seek the presidency. Yet on another level, it would be as far removed from conventional politics...
...Next American Frontier (Times Books; $16.60), a provocative new analysis of America's economic ills by Robert Reich, 36, professor of business and public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Searching for alternatives to laissez-faire Reaganomics, the activist Democrats have found an intellectual mentor in Reich, who argues that Government must forge a partnership with business and labor to reduce unemployment and meet foreign competition. Reich (pronounced Rysh) believes the Administration's goal of reducing the role of Government in the economy is doomed. Says he: "Every industry in America is deeply involved with...
...beloved gospel singer, much looked to for moral and artistic guidance by people in her profession. Say Amen, Somebody is a documentary that follows her on her exhausting rounds, from bustling home to jumping church services to emotionally galvanic singing conventions. Following in her wake, the audience meets her mentor (Thomas A. Dorsey, a onetime blues singer and composer, now 83, who is credited with inventing gospel music), her peers and the younger singers she continues to guide. Since the music they make is among the most joyful noises ever sent heavenward, the film's jubilant mood is never...