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...years, including the 1984 drug-overdose death of David Kennedy, then 28. But rather than dwelling on the dark side of the Kennedy myth, his eldest children are striving to live up to the responsibilities their father taught them. The first members of the third generation of Kennedys to seek political office, the brother and sister both face congressional primaries early this month, a rite of passage that, for the Kennedys, is the equivalent of confirmation or graduation in other families. Joe, 33, is running in Massachusetts' historic Eighth District, a liberal Democratic stronghold in Boston and Cambridge...
...Lowell publicly called for a quota system to limit it. That was formally rejected by both the overseers and the faculty, but Lowell ) got his way by indirection. He imposed a limit of 1,000 students in each incoming class and then urged his admissions officials to seek a broad geographical distribution -- that is, to accept more students from Southern and Western states where comparatively few Jews lived. By the time Lowell retired in 1933, the proportion of Jews had shrunk...
...Selbyville, Del., recalls his first test in freshman year. "I just choked, I was so scared," he says. "Everybody seemed so smart." Connolly has since earned honors. But Jewett concedes, "The first year and sometimes the first two years are traumatic" -- so traumatic that 1,000 students a year seek psychiatric counseling from Harvard's Mental Health Service...
...fail to check the papers of passengers flying to West Germany. Refugees from "problem countries" in the Third World will have to apply for visas even if they plan to spend only a few days in the Federal Republic. And those awaiting a decision on their asylum requests may seek employment only after five years. "It is simply not possible," said the Chancellor, "for the Federal Republic to be a refuge for anyone in economic difficulty...
...Theology is an activity going far deeper than the intent of church doctrine. It involves the orientation of symbols and concepts with which we seek to guide and direct our lives," said Mallinckrodt Professor of Divinity Gordon D. Kaufman, who presided...