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...given a 100-hour tutorial on composure and grace. On the way to Arlington, the hearse paused outside the Senate chamber where Kennedy had served longer than all but two men in the nation's history. Victoria Reggie Kennedy stepped from the motorcade and a great cheer went up. She hugged current and former members of her husband's staff, waved softly, blew gentle kisses. Kennedy's children, stepchildren, grandchildren, nieces and nephews smiled stoically, and some of them shook hands, as they had done for days...
Senator John Kerry, the new senior Senator from Massachusetts, stood with his eyes closed, his right hand on Ted Kennedy's flag-draped casket. Thirty seconds went by, and, head bowed, Kerry crossed himself and stepped back. His hand reached toward the casket one last time for a final friendly...
...They went cheap, in other words," counters Bucharest designer Iancu Barbarasa, who blogged about the font change on his website. If he sounds somewhat bitter, there's a reason. With its attention to the curve of even a $9 lampshade, Ikea has become renowned for its understanding of good design. "Designers have always thought of Ikea as one of their own," Barbarasa notes. "So now, in a way, the design community feels betrayed...
...closest friends held an improvised wake; Teddy led them in singing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." The next day, as he walked with Jackie and Bobby behind the casket, Teddy wore the trousers Jack had worn for his Inauguration and a pair of his gloves. This was how it went: the younger brother quite literally assuming, if not his brother's role, then at least his costume. And late that night, long after the burial, Jackie and Bobby returned to Arlington. She put a small bouquet of lilies on the grave, prayed, wept and went away. A week later...
...Graham Walker, professor of political history at Queen's University in Belfast. "Ted Kennedy's role in that era was keeping the wilder voices of Irish America in check. There were a lot of headlines in the 1970s about his calls for 'troops out,' but I think as time went on he was a moderating influence, pushing [Irish] Republicans along a political path." (See pictures of the British army withdrawing from Northern Ireland...