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What immediately struck me in the "convention hall" was how similar everything seemed to the gathering I had just attended in San Diego. The state identification cards were the same three-sided posters encasing a pole. The pictures showed similarly devout throngs of supporters. And the "election room" footage from the night Kennedy won seemed identical to our modern coverage, except it was in black-and-white...
Four people were injured in a crash last night when a car struck a stone and ironwork fence in front of Kirkland House...
...first-year suffered minor injuries and a possible fractured wrist after being struck by a commuter bus at the intersection of JFK Street and Memorial Drive at 6:10 a.m. yesterday...
...debates changed no one's mind. Even now, so close in time, all that lingers is the memory of Dole's pillow punches--and Clinton's deftness at ignoring them. Near the end, a frustrated Dole struck at the media for being too liberal and at voters in general for failing to "wake up" to Clinton's shortcomings. As desperation reigned, Dole's down-ticket Republican colleagues fled their leader, which is likely to be recorded as a smart move indeed. The G.O.P.'s ability to retain control of the Congress resulted at least in part from arguing that...
This year, a passage in the prayer book struck me because it spoke to this issue. We are told that the Day of Judgment is heralded, first, by the blowing of a ram's horn and, second, by "a still, small voice." This same image is used in First Kings when G-d speaks to Elijah. It reads: "And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord...