A version of this paper was presented at the 2005 Southern States Communication Association convention, Baton Rouge, LA.
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I have struggled with tense throughout this piece, for Janice is still so present for me.
Edward Kennedy's eulogy is available at http://www.jfklibrary.org/e060868.htm: “Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy,” St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, June 8, 1968.
Given her study of the western myth, I think she would have liked this metaphor.