Profile Elizabeth Warren: Planner in the works

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Age:70

Appearance: high-energy academic in staid clothing

Occupation: US senator with Oval Office ambitions

Newsworthiness: has inched her way to the front of the pack of Democratic presidential contenders

When Joseph Kennedy III, now in his fourth term as the Democratic senator for Massachusetts’ 4th District, arrived at Harvard Law School back in 2006, he was following the well-worn path of his uncles, granduncles and grandfather. Admission to the prestigious Ivy League ...