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...unelectable”—an essentially meaningless adjective in the earliest months of an election year, but a self-fulfilling prophecy when many people believe whatever their TV anchor tells them. In one glaring example of an obituary published before death, the CBS affiliate in Jacksonville, Fla. posted on its website a Knight-Ridder wire story announcing Dean’s Wisconsin loss, comparing his campaign to a “plummeting comet,” at 8:42 in the morning on Feb. 17, just hours after the Wisconsin polls had opened and long before even preliminary...

Author: By J. hale Russell, | Title: Howard Dean, Meet Yellow Journalism | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...them into space, the Mars project will be essentially a domestic spending program. The bucks will be spent in the good ole U.S., for the most part. They'll be used to pay top-notch technicians, engineers and scientists plus manufacturers--a worthwhile subsidy indeed. Frank L. Cooke Tallahassee, Fla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 16, 2004 | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

CHARGED. JOSEPH SMITH, 37, auto mechanic; with the abduction and first-degree murder of Carlie Brucia, 11; in Sarasota, Fla. Brucia's body was found in a church parking lot four days after a security camera recorded her kidnapping at a nearby car wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Feb. 16, 2004 | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...We’ve got to proceed cautiously, evaluate all inquiries, and have [schools] make their formal presentations,” Mazzoleni said, adding that he expects decisions would be made regarding membership during the league meetings in Naples, Fla., in April...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leaman All Business in Return to HarvardLeaman All Business in Return to Harvard | 2/13/2004 | See Source »

Keller is painfully aware of the influence of the media. Born in California, he began working in a Palm Beach, Fla., restaurant run by his mother, and after serving apprenticeships at top restaurants in France, arrived in New York City in the monied mid-'80s, attracting a lot of media attention when he opened his restaurant Rakel in 1986. But when the market crashed in 1987 and Rakel struggled, Keller was savaged in the press. "My credibility was low after Rakel failed. I was labeled the chef who couldn't control food or labor costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entrepreneurs: Chef's Surprise | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

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