Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Ending the R-word

Ayo Adeyeye | Posted 03.10.2012

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I remember having a conversation with my elder sister, as a child, and mentioning something concerning "handicapped people." My sister, who has long h...

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Combine Service With Fun On Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day

Maria Shriver | Posted 11.23.2011

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Get out and play tomorrow. Volunteer, coach someone, referee, cheer or do anything else that includes people with intellectual disabilities. My mother believed that, by doing so, our nation would be a better place and indeed the entire world would be a better place for everyone.

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Obama and the Significance of the JFK Inaugural 50 Years On

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Sargent Shriver, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Camelot, Ted Sorensen, Presidency, Politics News

Why, 50 years after the fact, did official Washington celebrate the inauguration of a most imperfect man who served less than one term as president, a...

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Best I Can: The Special Olympics Benefit

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Supreme Court, Eunice Shriver, Special Olympics, Anne Burke, Christopher Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago News

"Fear of the unknown is not in our vocabulary in Chicago," Mayor Richard M. Daley told a group of several hundred at the annual Special Olympics benefit

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What the "Other Sister" Did for the Kennedys

Terry Marotta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lobotomy, Rosemary Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, The-Kennedy-Legacy, Politics News

How lucky for the nation that the Kennedy children dedicated their lives to making a place for the marginalized and raising our consciousness around all issues of the differently abled.

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Using Ice Cream for Good: How Lovin' Scoopful is Working for the Special Olympics

Dan Samson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tim Shriver and I have partnered to donate 25% of the profits of Lovin' Scoopful ice cream to Special Olympics. Our mission is to run an effective for-profit business while promoting a great cause.

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Is Meg Whitman Like Arnold Schwarzenegger? Yes (In the Wrong Ways)

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Whitman hates the comparison with Schwarzenegger, even though obvious, as both she and Schwarzenegger are Republicans, both are super-rich, and neither had any experience in elected office before running.

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Tim Shriver: Get Off The White Horse And Listen

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last weekend, Tim Shriver sat down with the New York Times to discuss his lifelong involvement with Special Olympics. Shriver, who has been running t...

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Dead Folks, 2009: The Missed and the Not Missed

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Budd Schulberg, E. Lynn Harris, Roy E. Disney, James Whitmore, Don Hewitt, Andy Rooney, Gene Barry, Patrick Mcgoohan, Fred Travalena, Farrah Fawcett, Arnold Stang, Ron Silver, Dominick Dunne, Robert Novak, Beatrice Arthur, Soupy Sales, David Lloyd, Frank Mccourt, Jennifer Jones, Ed McMahon, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Robert McNamara, John Updike, Susan Atkins, Dom Deluise, Army Archerd, Brittany Murphy, Larry Gelbart, Ricardo Montalban, Gale Storm, Natasha Richardson, Oral Roberts, Ricardo Montalbán, Doctor Who, Ted Kennedy, John Hughes, George Pal, Herbert G. Klein, Walter Cronkite, Karl Malden, David Carradine, Eastwick, Patrick Swayze, Peter Jackson, Patrick Stewart, Henry Gibson, Celebrity Obituraries, Obituaries, Entertainment News

Here's my own brief look at some of the more notable celebrity deaths of 2009. As always, they fall into two categories: "The Good Riddance List" and "The Folks We'll Miss List."

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The End Of 2009's Summer Of Death

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Don Hewitt, Mary Travers, Farrah Fawcett, Dominick Dunne, Ted Kennedy, John Hughes, Dom Deluise, Robert S. McNamara, Walter Cronkite, Ed McMahon, Billy Mays, DJ AM, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Frank Mccourt, David Carradine, Patrick Swayze, Les Paul, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — We had been told to expect the deaths of the famous to come in threes, not in the dozens. But all through the summer of 2009 came a ...

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The Dream Lives On: Keeping The Kennedy Fire Alive

Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011

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As Senator Kennedy was finally laid to rest yesterday, the weight of his passing hit me much harder than I thought. I can feel the collective heartbre...

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Camelot Ends, Again: The Passing of Senator Ted Kennedy

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though a most imperfect man, Ted Kennedy made his choice over a life of ease, and America is much the better for it.

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Eunice Shriver: The Goddess of Giving

Russell Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eunice Shriver working side by side with her husband Sarge Shriver on the now famous "war on poverty," which he began many years ago, is something that we should all be very thankful for.

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The Passing of the Kennedys and Healthcare Reform

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the de facto passing of the Kennedy's in politics, we have truly reached the end of an era. What comes next, it seems, is an age in which the operative question has changed. It is now: what can America do for me?

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Legacy

Michael R. Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Olympics, Mental Retardation, Georgetown University, Sport Disabled, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies, Mentally Challenged Children, Mentally Retarded, Developmentally Disabled, Rockville Maryland Estate, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Madame De Gaulle, Politics News

In those days, mentally challenged children were largely out-of-sight, hidden away. The prospect of these youngsters succeeding at anything -- especially sports -- was viewed as preposterous.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1921-2009 (PHOTOS)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics and helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can triump...

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PHOTOS: Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Funeral, Wake

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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HYANNIS, Mass. (Associated Press) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics, was celebrated Friday at a funer...

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Sarah Palin Spits on the Legacy of Eunice Shriver

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Palin's vile claim that mentally challenged children would be murdered by the American government is not only ludicrous, it is a disgusting insult to Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

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A Kennedy Classic: Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Style (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver died in Cape Cod early Tuesday morning at age 88. As the founder of the Special Olympics, her style embodied a sensible, classi...

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Human Style

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 05.25.2011

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Part of Mrs. Shriver's public appeal was her personal authenticity. I often thought of another humanitarian in a hurry -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- whenever I ran into Mrs. Shriver.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dead At 88

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics and helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can ...

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Remembering Eunice: Classic Style and a Big Heart

Mary Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

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At one of Schwarzenegger's victory celebrations, Eunice stepped onto the stage toting her Hermes Kelly bag; she looked like she was holding on to that bag for dear life, and I loved that.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver In Critical Condition At Mass. Hospital

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE COD, Mass. — A family spokesman says Eunice Kennedy Shriver is in critical condition at a Massachusetts hospital. Spokesman Stephen Rivers...

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