John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) served in both houses of Congress before becoming the thirty-fifth president of the United States. His assassination shocked the world.John F. Kennedy once summed u...
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Teaching Profiles in Courage
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Profiles in Courage Lesson Plans contain 129 pages of teaching material, including:
Adam Pearl wandered through his mother's Manhattan book-launch party last week, looking spiffy in a sweater vest and button-down shirt. It was logical that the 5-year-old was there, because his mom...
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A state representative abruptly left the Republican Party and became a Democrat, the first time in 20 years that a Colorado lawmaker has switched parties.Rep. Debbie Stafford, 55, who also is a min...
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The first skipper of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy was surrounded Friday by shipmates wanting an autograph, a picture or just a chance to talk about old times.But for Adm. Earl P. Yates,...
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Dates in the life of Gerald Ford:July 14, 1913: Leslie Lynch King Jr. born, Omaha, Neb. After his parents divorce and his mother remarries, he is adopted by his stepfather and takes his name: Geral...
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Comments about former President Gerald R. Ford, who died Tuesday at 93:"The American people will always admire Gerald Ford's devotion to duty, his personal character and the honorable conduct of hi...
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Today is Sunday, May 6, the 126th day of 2007. There are 239 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
SAFFRON REBELLION (The Wall Street Journal, New York)
For profiles in courage, consider the inspiring demonstrations
in Burma. On Monday,...
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Iraq: A delegation of wobbly Republicans visited the White House, reportedly to deliver tough talk to President Bush about Iraq. Too bad they're not tough enough to tell their constituents about wh...
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The Rev. Robert Drinan, a Jesuit priest elected to Congress on an anti-war platform during the height of the Vietnam War, has died. A staunch human rights advocate, he also worked for desegregation...
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On a September Sunday in 1974, President Gerald Ford told the nation it was time to "shut and seal this book" of Watergate by pardoning his predecessor, Richard Nixon.Ford's stunning announcement m...
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Pearl's widow profiles courageous women
