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...effectively signaled the end of America's most glamorous political dynasty. The Kennedy name has long held almost mythic status in this nation's public life, and Teddy - the youngest of Joseph and Rose's nine children - lasted the longest and suffered the greatest tribulations. The violent and sudden deaths of his three brothers, a plane crash, the scandalous (and, some say, unforgivable) night at Chappaquiddick: all juicy fodder for a memoir. Luckily for the curious, Kennedy had been working on one for two years before his death. It hits bookstores Sept...
...dive to the pavement. I stayed upright by an act of will. Years later, on another occasion, I was enjoying a walk in the sunshine near the Capitol with Tom Rollins - then my chief of staff - when a car backfired down the street. Tom recalls that I was suddenly nowhere to be seen. Turning around, he saw me flattened on the pavement. 'You never know,' Tom recalls me saying. His memory is probably true. Even now, I'm startled by sudden noises. I flinch at twenty-one-gun salutes at Arlington to honor the fallen in Iraq. My reaction...
...nominated suspects who she believed had been responsible for the killings. Almost two years later the Federal Police are moving on her findings. There has been no explanation for the timing of the investigation announcement, but relatives including Greig Cunningham believe it could have something to do with a sudden burst of publicity about the case thanks to the release of the Australian-produced film Balibo, which recounts the incident. Based on the book Cover-Up by veteran journalist Jill Jolliffe, who has spent years reporting on East Timor, and featuring actor Anthony LaPaglia, the film presents a brutally frank...
...coming into indigenous lands to represent people devoid of a personal or cultural history. I’ve also just had this flash about the Abu Ghraib torture scandal. These guys were hazed and forced to perform sex with each other; the photographs are shocking. And all of a sudden I realized that they’re wearing hula skirts and coconut bras. [The guards are] making this equation with being wild and primitive. It’s a dark side of how white people relate to other cultures.The New Visiting Faculty Exhibition is on display at the Carpenter Center...
...sees as one of the most important purposes of art. “The job of the arts is to wake people up and make them present in their lives,” she says. “You’re eating lunch...and all of a sudden, there’s this ‘happening’ and you’re dancing with people you don’t even know, and you feel alive. Maybe you didn’t a half an hour ago. It’s a fleeting, ephemeral moment, which...