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...organizers include Alan Khazei of Be the Change, Michael Brown of City Year and John Bridgeland of Civic Enterprises. Joining me as co-chairs are Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York; Alma Powell, who runs America's Promise Alliance; Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP; Laysha Ward, president of Community Relations and the Target Foundation; and Caroline Kennedy, whose father framed the mission best: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country...
...lentil diet and state-park lodgings were privations suffered with a measure of satisfaction, just as Thoreau proudly tabled his cheap expenses. In a part of the country where highway signs ward off drunk driving by arguing “you can’t afford it,” this lack of luxury doesn’t turn any heads...
...prepared statement this week, the FCO refuted the report's allegation of a cover-up and said portions of the report contained "statements that are unfair and unfounded." But in a concession to Ward, it also added: "While we refute any allegations of collusion with the Kenyan Government, we could and should have handled this case better...
...Britain] had many interests in Kenya, and Moi was a very volatile man. A snap of his fingers and he could have kicked people out of there very quickly," Ward said. "I think there were people in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who looked at the big board and thought 'look, we can't bring this girl back, sad as it is, she's dead. Moi doesn't want this to be a murder. Let's support Moi.' And that's what they did," he said...
...Having just returned from another trip to Kenya to follow up two clues that turned out to be hoaxes, Ward told TIME that he hopes new DNA collection technology will help solve the case. He said that Scotland Yard was prepared to continue investigations, and that several new leads have yet to be explored. But he's been through this before. Sometimes, he says, he feels as if his search for justice faces insurmountable obstacles; now 74, he says he often vows to let the case rest. But then some new tip will arrive in the mail, or a piece...