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...been arrested 18 times," he says. "And it's worse today than it's ever been. The leaders of these countries know that with so little international news, whatever does make it onto CNN or into the papers will have a greater impact. The stakes are higher than ever, and so they try to stop it before it happens...
...Robert Francis, the former NTSB official who headed the investigation, applauded the agency's work Tuesday and congratulated his co-workers for their years of work. He also effectively washed his hands of the inquiry, telling CNN, "Certainly, it's not for want of trying that [the cause of the] TWA [Flight 800 crash] hasn't been finally solved." That thought, and the additional safety items added since the crash, are about the only solace left...
...Frankenstein for Halloween, Tipper hanging up laundry as a military housewife - underscored one of the most oddly homey images of the campaign so far: her geeky, endearing habit of snapping pictures from the stage at every campaign event; she even recorded the leering mug of Larry King on CNN Wednesday. Note to the Gore staff, however: You might want to reconsider the symbolism of the candidate's wife publicly trying to capture their moment on the national stage while it lasts...
...well-primed media corps did not disappoint. On MSNBC, Tim Russert dutifully transmogrified Caroline into Jackie: "She has kept a mystique of silence, an aura, very much like her mother." "How many of the people in this building, and how many of the people who cover this convention," gushed CNN's Jeff Greenfield, "were first drawn to it by John F. Kennedy?" When Haynes Johnson mentioned that Schlossberg is 42 - the same age as JFK when he was nominated in this very city! - PBS's panel of presidential historians gasped as if Jack's ghost had just pulled...
...course, there was a tiny sense that a party seeking to demonstrate continued vitality might try to put a little less emphasis on glory days that unfolded before the Beatles played Ed Sullivan. CNN underscored this early in the night by featuring a panel of whippersnapper journalists - The Weekly Standard's Tucker Carlson, Salon's Jake Tapper, TIME's Tamala Edwards - who in this "Big Chill" context came across like the sullen kids' table at the Woodstock reunion. (So enough about the baby boom, Gen X: What do you think of the baby boom?) It's hard to believe Kennedy...