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| | Peace Corps Online | August 1, 2004: Headlines: Presidents - Kennedy: History: Myth: Politics: Speaking Out: Strategy: ... |
 | | The Kennedys were, after all, the American royals living the American dream - the sons energetic, idealistic young men with attractive wives, surrounded by romping children and attentive grandparents; the daughters bright, spirited young women with promise of their own. |
 | | Kennedy's philosophy of inclusion, embodied in A Nation of Immigrants; his admiration for heroics under duress, exemplified in the short biographies of famous Senators in Profiles in Courage, were, in a sense, his profession of faith. |
 | | Kathleen, who became Marchioness of Hartington, died a war widow at twenty-eight in a plane crash, and Rosemary, born with a mental disability, was eventually institutionalized. |
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