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Eunice Kennedy Shriver planted the seeds of the Special Olympics in her backyard in 1962. Today it's a global organization with three million athletes. The history and future of the Special Olympics.
Tom Songster, special adviser, the Special Olympics.
George Jesien, executive director, Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
Kathleen Egan, mother of David Egan.
David Egan, Special Olympian and mailroom clerk at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Civil discourse today is in danger of being shouted down by talking heads and single-minded bloggers. How doubt can help people on opposite sides of an issue to disagree more agreeably.
Peter Berger, Sociologist; faculty member at Boston University; founder of Boston University's Institute of Culture, Religion, and World Affairs; author of many books, including "The Social Construction of Reality," "The Homeless Mind," and "Questions of Faith."
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