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Such swordplay was what the world expected of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Teddy Roosevelt's oldest child, widely described as the "other Washington Monument," who died in 1980 at the age of 96. Friends saw something more. Near death, she roused herself to reprove a guest for being too polite: "I will not have good manners in my house." But as this fascinating, sharply observed biography makes clear, courage and an edged wit were not Alice Longworth's only strong qualities. She was also unfailingly selfish and intermittently cruel. The ruling event of her life came shortly after her birth, when...
...somewhere on campus, the College could have a small monument erected to remind us of the horrors of Civil War Not a tribute to valor, strength, and battle, but a testament to the carnage of war. List the names of all dead alumni in alphabetical order. Do not mention their place of birth or allegiance. Harvard must avoid making the monument a list of good guys versus bad guys...
...College must also be certain that the monument does not glorify the South. The Civil War was primarily a political and economic struggle. But the Confederacy, Dixie, and the Stars and Bars have all become symbols of hate. In Alabama, the state capitol is topped by a confederate flag. It wasn't placed there during reconstruction, but during the battle over desegregation...
...bluegrass band wound up a rollicking rendition of Rocky Top as Al Gore mounted the platform. "I've been on the side of the average workingman and -woman," he drawled earnestly. "I've been on the side of the small farmers." Standing in front of a monument to Confederate heroes in South Carolina, Pat Robertson reminded his audiences that "I went to school where Robert E. Lee was president." In heavily Hispanic Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Michael Dukakis appeared in TV commercials, speaking fluent Spanish...
Archaeologists in Thailand have spent years assembling thousands of stone blocks to restore the Temple of Phnom Rung, a monument of the Khmer dynasty (A.D. 802-1250). A key part of the temple has mysteriously turned up 10,000 miles away at Chicago's Art Institute, and the Thais are demanding it back...