Word: reiche
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BOSTON—Robert Reich, former President Bill Clinton’s first secretary of labor, announced Wednesday that he will be seeking the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts governor on a platform of improving the economy...
...interview after the announcement, Reich said that a November visit to a Harvard class was a “catalyst” for his decision...
...Reich said that the discussion he had with the class, Religion 1529: “Personal Choice and Global Transformation,” about personal courage was a “profound moment” for him, and that later that day he began to explore a run for governor...
...left that class thinking to myself—this state is a mess and I need to run for governor,” Reich said. “It was from that moment that I began to think I’ve talked the talk a lot, now it’s time to walk the walk...
...transformative moment, as Palmer and the candidate recall it, came when Reich remembered for the class a childhood moment of courage, standing up to a neighbor who had said that he would have Reich’s dog put to sleep...