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Senator Edward Kennedy : As A Matter Of Fact By Jo Ella Straley Today we remember the third longest-serving senator in US history, Edward Kennedy. Ron Elving and Brian Naylor offer a full account of his life here. I wanted to offer something a little more obscure, so I dug into the archive...

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Senator Edward Kennedy

Jo Ella Straley

Today we remember the third longest-serving senator in US history, Edward Kennedy. Ron Elving and Brian Naylor offer a full account of his life here. I wanted to offer something a little more obscure, so I dug into the archives and found this 1982 profile of Kennedy by Linda Wertheimer. The piece is set against the backdrop of a mid-term conference held by the Democratic Party in Philadelphia where the idea of running Kennedy for president again in 1984 had traction. Big issues at the time included the deficit, inflation, and nuclear arms...

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from June 24, 1982 Morning Edition

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