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Reprise: Country mourns the loss of a great symbol of American ideals - Daily Bruin

Reprise: Country mourns the loss of a great symbol of American ideals

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Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in the Daily Bruin on Nov. 27, 1963 under the headline “Embodies America” BY VIC POLLARD One man, by the simple and seemingly meaningless act of pulling the trigger on a rifle, has thrown the entire world into a state of mourning for the man he killed.

https://dailybruin.com/2013/11/22/reprise-country-mourns-the-loss-of-a-great-symbol-of-american-ideals/

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Reprise: Country mourns the loss of a great symbol of American ideals

By Kevin Truong

Nov. 22, 2013 12:46 a.m.