European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                John John no More by Kiley Armstrong associated press Hen John of Kennedyjr. Took the podium at Hie democratic National convention in july tie National memory drilled Beck nearly 25 years to the mind s image of a 3-year-old boy saluting his father s horse drawn Caisson. But this was no John John on the stage in Atlanta. This was a darkly handsome Well spoken Law student who would soon be declared America s sexiest Man by a National Magazine this was a 26-year-old millionaire who had travelled the world and worked with the poor More than a Quarter Century has passed since Kennedy and his sister Caroline now 30. Charmed the nation with their Oval Ollice shenanigans. They endured i he assassinations of their lather in 1963 and choir Uncle Bobby in 1968. They adjusted when their Mother married greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1968, Slit by and a polls John and Caroline thrived they did Well in private schools became proficient in sports made lasting friendships and avoided thedr Ugi that so twisted the lives of some of their cousins. Like their Mother both Kennedy children guard their privacy and decline All interview requests said family spokeswoman Nancy Tuckerman Caroline Kennedy earned a line arts degree Al Harvard then served As manager and coordinating producer o the office of film and television Al the metropolitan museum of Art in new York. She abandoned a career in photojournalism because other people aimed cameras at her every time she tried to take pictures. Sha married author artist Edwin Schoss Birg in july 1936. After a $1,250-a-week internship in 1987 As a summer associate at a new York Law firm. She graduated trom Columbia University Law school in May. She gave birth to a daughter Rose Kennedy Schlossberg on june 25. Her brother has Kepi a More Public profile. Now an Al Letro 6-loot-l, with matinee idol Good looks Kennedy recently was named by people Magazine As the sexiest Man  like his father Kennedy has been described As extremely shy although to did make a few Campaign. Speeches when his Cousin Joseph a Kennedy ii ran for  acted in to productions a i Brown University in Providence r.i., where to graduated in 1982. In the summer of 1985, he starred in a revival of a play called winners staged and directed by his fellow Brown graduates at the Irish arts Center in Manhattan. His co Star was Christina Haag an actress and his steady girl Friend of the past two years. They have known each other since they were both 15,. There have been no theatrical experiences since. Act Reg is just 3 Hobby he once told a reporter. White an undergraduate. Kennedy spent a summer travelling in Southern Africa where Maurice temp Olsman his Mother s Friend has mining and manufacturing interests. Another summer he worked As a peace corps Volunteer in Guatemala. Later he spent six months working with the poor in India in 1984, he began his first Job in the new York City office of business development. He also spent one summer As a$l,100-a-week internal a los Angeles Law irm. The Young Kennedy who lives in a modest apartment in Greenwich Village is a millionaire thanks to a Trust Lund Lell by his father and the settlement his Mother made Wilh the Onassis estate. Although he has no personal recall Mclinn while House Days he was Only 3 when his father was killed he majored in american history in College has studied his father s administration and is a member of the John f. Kennedy Library foundation. Despite speculation about a possible political future he has steadfastly denied having any definite career plans beyond new York University Law school where he is complot my his final year Juk High on Charisma associated press. A americans rank John f. Kennedy As the nation s greatest president remembering him with a striking sense of loss a Quarter Century alter his assassination a Media general associated press poll has found. But Kennedy s exalted place in history rests More on his. Potential and his personal qualities than on his accomplish menus in office. In the National Survey he was rated far higher on Charisma than on other attributes. Slightly More than one fifth of the 1 ,1 25 adults surveyed picked Kennedy As the greatest . President. Only. Franklin d. Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln came close in popu lazily.,--. Among All respondents a plurality rated Kennedy leg a Good president rot a great one. Still a majority said they believed that had he lived and served a second term the United states would be a belter place ". Kennedy at 43 the youngest president elected. Served nearly three years before he was shot and killed in a dates motorcade nov 22,. 1963, Twenty Tive years later his name is invoked and his words Are quoted by politicians seeking to assume his Mantle of popularity in More recent years the Kennedy image crumbled a Erma Bombeck bit with reports of extramarital affairs and of meetings with a Matia Boss. In the Survey Kennedy s judgment was rated lower than other qualities. Most striking however was the depth of feeling associated with the slain president. More than six in 10 respondents said they still Lett a personal loss from Kennedy s assassination including Many who were Childre Tor were not yol born in 1963. Among his contemporaries seven in 10 feel a loss. In another gauge the poll asked if respondents remembered where they were Why they heard Kennedy had been killed. Of those 30 and older now meaning they wore Al least 5 years old then More than 90 percent said yes to order Tho pantheon of presidents the Survey asked. Who do you think was the greatest american. President Kennedy was named by 21 percent ,. Lincoln and Roosevelt .17 percent each Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan 7 percent each. Kennedy has led similar lists in other polls Over the  was most popular Witso to 44-year-Olds, who were children or teen agers when he served nearly a third of them called him the greatest president. In other ratings As Well that group viewed Kennedy especially favourably. Kennedy who moved toe Torce civil rights Laws in the South also was rated highly by Blacks. Eight in 10f did personal loss from his death and 60 percent of Blacks called him great president  percent of Whites. Overall a third of respondents said Kennedy was great president and 40 percent sad a Good one. A did better -. With democrats and the less educated and As the first roman Catholic president he was rated highly by catholics. Kennedy also was More popular with liberals but his standing to a great degree transcended ideology. He achieved his High ratings even though 40 percent identified him As a Liberal while Only is percent identified themselves As liberals. To gauge the components of Kennedy s Imago the poll took measures excellent Good fair or poor of his accomplishments As president his potential Lor accomplishments had he not been assassinated and his leadership judgment and Charisma. Although he was rated highly in All categories Kennedy Drew Lar and away the Best ratings for his Charisma 60 percent excellent. Next were his leadership and his potential both rated excellent by 39percent. But Kennedy s excellent ratings fell Oft on his accomplishments and his judgment in both about two in 10 said excellent. Hall said Good but in his Only sizable negative scores More than a filth rated him just fair in both categories there was a partisan aspect to Many of the ratings. Fifty two percent Overall said Tho nation would to a Bellcar place had Kennedy lived and served a second term that included 63 percent of the democrats polled compared to 34 percent of the republicans. Doubt emerged on the specific Issue of Vietnam. About a third said Kennedy would have prevented the United states from becoming deeply involved in the lighting there bul 44 percen said nol. The rest did t know the Survey found considerable familiarity with Kennedy More than half the respondents 30 and Over said they knew a great Deal about him. But such awareness waned among younger adults of those 18-29, Only 25 percent shared that. Sense of familiarity with the former Presk feel. The poll conducted sept 6-14, had a margin o error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Want a hot tip on How to make Money forget Bonds real estate paintings or Elvis Presley Memorabilia. The minute i read that the  birthday was Lor Sale something clicked. Ii a Royalty was paid to the copyright Holder every Lime Happy birthday1 was warbled what would happen to expressions were owned. We re talking about serious Bucks Here. Can you imagine How Rich you d be if you had the royally lights loathe expression  Good Day. Why you could ill a Jacuzzi with Perrier and lounge around in a Toga Lor the rest of your ills. Have a Good Day is spoken fluently and olters in every stale across the nation it s become an automatic response. People say it As they drive away from an Accident where they be just bashed in your car they say it when they be just cancelled your airline Light. They say it to the bereaved widow at the tuners Home As they offer condolences people who never knew How to say goodbye before Are now saying have a Good  and what about Trust to ii  a Nickel or every time that was used in a conversation i d have disposable cars it s a Staple used by every person in the world who reads faces and knows in his heart he does t stand a Chance of being trusted. There was a Lime when my kids had a three word vocabulary you know and like they never formed Complete sentences just a series of you knows and likes. You know like in i owned the copyright id those phrases you know i d be like., never having la like work another Day in my life you know another great investment would be owning the rights to you re  it s one of those inns unthinking responses used by people who Don t know what in say or who Aren t paying attention i remember telling someone once that the transmission had gone out of my car on the Way to have our dog put to Steep and she said to me \ you re  now i like to get a laugh As Well As the next person but what reason would i have to Tell someone a stupid Story like that yet people say it All the time. Another expression hat is not As widespread by might bring in a fair amount of change is to make a Long Story Short the people who use this will use it Thi Eeor Lour times while telling the Story just to give their listeners Hope. When i told my husband about the idea to thought a moment arid said i wonder if anyone own never  id. I la do it myself " Why 1 asked. Because you d be paying royalties to him for Tho rest of your  monday november 21, 1988 the stars and stripes. Page 17