with the members the damar family and he went over and hugged sam bowers. when the verdict was announced there was cheering in the courtroom again and i looked over at will and will had a tear, was basically ready to cry. i said, will, you may be the only person in this courtroom who is sorry to see sam bowers convicted. he said, jesus never liked to see any man in chains. so, will is just an extraordinary guy and you all were lucky to have him up in these parts. he was a dear, dear, man. i think i've disposed of the assassins. i will move on to eccentrics. the last time i was here was the day jimmy carter won the nobel prize. i remember everybody seemed happy about it. i covered jimmy carter. i covered, covered him for a year when he was running for president. i was a young reporter. i was a token southerner at "the boston globe" and i had no senority. one day i began making assignments in late 1957 to cover different candidates, okay, kid, you get the peanut farmer from georgia. well, carter and i had a fairly checkered relationship through that whole cam