Dropping the pilot

摘要

Faneuil hall, an 18th-century building near Boston's waterfront, has seen plenty of history. Samuel Adams rallied fellow colonists there to seek independence from Britain. Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony gave public orations. John Kennedy gave his last campaign speech there, and in 1979 his brother Ted launched his president/a/ bid. And on March 28th Tom Menino, an unassuming mumbler rather than an orator, announced that he would not seek a sixth term as Boston's mayor.