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An Elder Statesman Calls For Youth to Lead the Way

An Elder Statesman Calls For Youth to Lead the Way

The 655 girls of the private Holton-Arms School in Bethesda had read about Desmond Tutu. They knew him in the abstract as a great man: archbishop emeritus of Cape Town; the warrior against South African apartheid; the winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize. A profoundly dignified figure.


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  11. Newcomers Lead Hurricanes Past Florida 6-4

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  13. Stroud seizes Texas Open lead

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  14. Storck gives wings to Kazakhstan youth

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  15. Sercan gives Turkey a slender lead

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  21. Newcomers lead Columbus to victory at Dallas

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  23. Bush calls for unity to resolve financial crisis

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  27. Rays take 4-3 lead over Red Sox after 3 innings

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  29. UK will lead the way, says Brown

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  30. Sabbatini seizes lead in Texas

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  34. Nobel Peace Price goes to veteran Finnish statesman

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  38. Obama opens 6-point lead over McCain

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