James Carroll
At the Democratic convention in 1980, Senator Edward Kennedy ended his speech with the line, “The dream will never die.’’ In 2008, his convention speech echoed those words with a small but implication-laden difference. He concluded, “The dream lives on.’’ Each of these lines was often replayed in the last few days, as the nation mourned the loss of this great man. (Full article: 719 words)
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