Opinion Stories from November 18, 2013 (Change date)
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Kennedy was a symbol for young AmericansNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - On Nov. 22, 1963, ironically, I was teaching American history at St. Mark’s School in Chicago, and it was playing out before us. The other male teacher (at the time, nun...
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The first group with no memory of itNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I was first-semester freshman in college in the fall of 1977. I was in an American history class covering 1877-present. Our professor was lecturing about the day of JFK’...
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Death was beginning of end of innocenceNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Honestly? JFK didn’t mean much to me when he was alive. He was rich, Catholic and his wife wore great clothes. That’s about all I knew. As a sophomore in high school, I ...
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A dark time in our nation’s historyNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - To put it succinctly, “It was the best of times it was the worst of times.” I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and was a senior in high school at the time. The C...
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All of Berlin was crying, not just AmericansNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I was an Army brat. Dad was on Special Forces, and we moved to Berlin just months after the wall went up. On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy came to the city of Berlin,...
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Military officers solemn on plane rideNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Nov. 22 began as my last day of work at a North Side Chicago business. And it was to celebrate both my mother’s and sister’s birthdays. I had not worked long at this bus...
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Will that hopeful feeling ever return?Nov 18, 2013 4:00 am - A junior at Elmhurst’s York High School in 1963, I will never forget when legendary cross country coach Joe Newton announced to our gym class that JFK had been shot. Aft...
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Events taught importance of divergent thinkingNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - As I sat in my sixth-grade classroom in Wilmington, Del., stealing looks at the clock for an upcoming violin lesson, our principal made two brief but clear announcements...
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At sea close to Russia at time was unnervingNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - My ship (USCGC Northwind) was in the western Bering Sea off the coast of Russia when late in the afternoon the rumor went around that the president had been shot. Our HA...
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Amazon, post office a smart partnershipNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - “Amazon, U.S. Postal Service to partner.” So proclaimed the headline in the Daily Herald’s Business section. A preceding headline to this one should have read, “Amazon ...