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...much of the younger Bush's rhetoric about compassionate conservatism is taken directly from his father's. In 1988, more than a decade before W. made "prosperity with a purpose" a presidential campaign slogan, then Vice President Bush was saying that "prosperity with a purpose means giving back to the country that has given you so much." The difference is that the elder Bush's compassion for the less fortunate came across as noblesse oblige, while the younger Bush has made it the emotional core of his campaign...
...less private. So, with Ted's help, she arranged to have John buried even farther from the mainland, his ashes and those of Carolyn and Lauren Bessette committed to the deep from the deck of an American warship. Seventeen relatives arrived at Woods Hole at 9 a.m. to be taken by the cutter Sanibel to the U.S.S. Briscoe, which had steamed up from Virginia overnight by special request of the Secretary of Defense. The only things those left onshore could see were the bright whites of the officials, the black of the mourners and a puff of smoke...
...Magazine Street reported to the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) that while she was in the shower and her roommate was in their rear bedroom, an unknown person cut the screen on the window of the front bedroom. A mountain bike, credit cards, CDs and a radio were all taken...
...employee of the Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School reported to CPD that over the weekend, unknown persons gained entrance to the school through the two basement doors. Several offices and classrooms were entered after breaking glass or forcing the inner doors. A full inventory will be taken, but at this time, nothing has been found missing...
...HUPD responded to a report that a half-naked man was bathing in a men's room sink in Moors Hall. When officers arrived, the man was identified as an employee. No report was taken...