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...Massachusetts residents but for millions of Americans over the years. Even as Kennedy used his time to commend his chosen candidate for reviving “the possibility of hope for one America,” University administrators are to be congratulated for planning this rare event, to bestow a deserved honor on one of the most committed American public servants in recent memory. As we, like Kennedy himself, set off into these next four years with cautious optimism and in the spirit of sacrifice, it is of vital importance that we also turn our gaze backward, to scan...
...left untouched was either out of a vague sense of propriety, or for lack of logistical support, or for fear of running afoul of an unpredictable, often-distant authority...For centuries, plunder had been the rule rather than the exception, and the privileges of colonial tribute seemed to bestow similar entitlements...
Tony Hillerman won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Best Novel of the year (Dance Hall of the Dead) in 1974, and in 1991 he received the highest award the organization can bestow: the title Grand Master for lifetime achievement. Yet the honor that brought him greatest pleasure was given to him by the Navajo Tribal Council when they named him a Special Friend of the Dineh (Navajo...
...grants doled out over five years, with no strings attached or reporting obligations. The recipients include stage lighting designer Jennifer Tipton, geriatrician Diane Meier and urban farmer Will Allen. This diversity is a hallmark of the program, which, according to the foundation's president, Jonathan Fanton, strives to bestow financial freedom - and the considerable prestige that accompanies the award - to creative individuals on the cusp of greatness. "These are people at the very edge of discovery, people who are redefining what's possible," says Fanton. "They are people pursuing a vision of a more just and humane world...
...Then, in the kind of unapologetic, in-your-face move for which Obama's campaign has become known, the presumptive nominee deplaned and made his way to the St. Paul Xcel Center, the hockey arena in which Republicans plan to bestow their nomination on John McCain during the party's national convention in early September. Before 17,000 screaming people, Obama paid rhetorical respect to McCain's military past - then pointedly criticized him for allegedly turning away from his reputation as a maverick and becoming a shill for the Bush Administration...