Clinton confronts rival Sanders as Iowa polls tighten

Clinton confronts rival Sanders as Iowa polls tighten

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton has spent much of her presidential campaign looking past Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, focusing instead on Republicans and the November general election. No longer.

Three weeks before the lead-off Iowa caucuses and with polls suggesting a tightening race, she now is confronting the Vermont senator more directly, attempting to undermine his liberal credentials on gun control, health care and even the Wall Street regulations that have been the core of his insurgent campaign.

Harvard hears a Mother’s plea
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Harvard hears a Mother’s plea

Joan Pendergast

On June 10, 1982, my first child, John, graduated from Harvard College. Mother Teresa of Calcutta received an honorary degree that day. As I sat in the warm spring sun with my family waiting for graduation to begin, people passed out newspapers with articles quoting Mother Teresa's Class Day speech the day before.

Here's an excerpt from that day's Boston Globe:

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