How the Kennedy name was decided upon is also mysterious.

Asked why the Kennedy name so resonates to this day, the authors of the two very dissimilar books gave strikingly similar answers.

But at the Democratic grass roots, the Kennedy name is added to that list.

And what of the legacy of the Kennedy name?

Well, by the same token, the mere Kennedy name gives history and background.

They criticize the lieutenant governor's record as little more than a nurturing of the Kennedy name.

In the debate over cutting the rate at which profits on investments are taxed, the Kennedy name has been brandished by both sides.

It's been some time since the Kennedy name has been a simple code word for hope, courage, social justice and the like.

To arrive at a successful destiny of the Kennedy name?

In such, she is the only one of the 21 grandchildren who does not bear the Kennedy name.