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On Assignment: Arlington Cemetery - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com](http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/assignment-7/):

Doug Mills’s gripping and emotional image of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s burial — showing family members embracing in a glowing light and children kneeling before the casket — was the result of one of those risky but rewarding choices. It was published across five columns at the top of the front page in Sunday’s late edition.