The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College.
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Type: Clergyman Born: June 4, 1933 |
“What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down.”
“Manhattan's always fascinating, too, just a big, stinky, smelly conglomeration of numbered avenues and streets, but it's just got a vibe that's hard to beat. I shouldn't like it, but I do. I can't put my finger on it.”