Word: sat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last day in Lahore was Aug. 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day. As midnight approached, Pakistanis, primarily of the lower and middle classes, flooded the city’s streets, jamming them with bumper-to-bumper traffic. People sat atop motorbikes and stuck their heads out of soapbox car windows, dancing and singing, drunk on patriotism. As I stared out the car window, I wondered what these people had to celebrate. Sixty-two years after Pakistan was founded, its future remains uncertain, and frankly, it is completely out of the hands of these average people...
...Kerry says Kennedy, though physically absent the last seven months, was actually very involved in health-care policy, whether through his staff, other Senators or his wife Victoria. "He sat down with his staff and Vicki and others, and he said, 'O.K., we're going to get so-and-so to do this, and we're going to work with [Maryland Democratic Senator Barbara] Mikulski on higher education to do that,' and sort of divvied it up. He talked to [Connecticut Democratic Senator] Chris Dodd. He laid it out, he weighed in," Kerry says. "If Teddy was in treatment...
...during his recovery - and Kennedy called to check on him. "And I said, What the hell are you doing calling me when you have so many other things to think about? It was typical of Teddy," Kerry says. Kerry last saw Kennedy a few weeks ago, when the two sat on the Kennedy compound porch in Hyannis Port, Mass. "You know, he couldn't put all things together at that point - you'd finish some sentences for him in some ways," Kerry recalls, shifting his cane to stretch out his right leg. "But you knew what he was getting...
...Suddenly, Ted Kennedy wanted to sing. And he demanded everyone join him in the parlor, where he sat in a straight-backed chair beside the piano. Most of the tunes were popular when all the ghosts were still alive, still there in the house. Ted sang "Some Enchanted Evening," and everyone chimed in, the smiles tinged with a touch of sadness...
...worried that revealing your personal entanglement would subject you to a lawsuit or otherwise jeopardize your professional integrity? No. Hadassah had a private advisory board, and it was a group of four or five men who were top professionals in their field. They always reviewed the investments. I sat on the board without a vote, and there was never a time when I had the overall say on any type of investment decision without them. In addition, Hadassah remained with Bernie 11 years after I left. How long am I supposed to be responsible...