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Joan Vennochi
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Kennedy Memoir Talks of Guilt over Chappaquiddick After all the speeches and the remembrances and the criticisms that followed his death on August 25, Ted Kennedy will comment on his own life. His memoir, True Compass , will be published September 14. In the meantime, contenders are already lining up for the seat he held in the US Senate for nearly fifty years, as we hear from Joan Vennochi, columist for the Boston Globe.
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Kennedy Memoir Talks of Guilt over Chappaquiddick After all the speeches and the remembrances and the criticisms that followed his death on August 25, Ted Kennedy will comment on his own life. His memoir, True Compass , will be published September 14. In the meantime, contenders are already lining up for the seat he held in the US Senate for nearly fifty years, as we hear from Joan Vennochi, columist for the Boston Globe.
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