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...into more serious matters has failed," said Jim Jordan, a spokesman for Senate Democrats on the panel - adding that he couldn't see how Dole's appearance would be relevant, "although it might be enjoyable." Quite. Dole is certainly no Gipper, but he does know how to wear that Teflon coating...
DIED. JAMES FOX, 59, tenacious former FBI chief who got the goods on the Teflon don, John Gotti, and the World Trade Center bombers; of sepsis; in New York City...
...among the few successes of the FBI the conviction of Mob boss John Gotti and the arrest of Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski. If it had not been for a plea bargain with mass murderer Sammy ("the Bull") Gravano in exchange for his testimony, Gotti would probably still be the "Teflon Don." If Kaczynski's brother had not gone to the FBI with incriminating evidence, the Unabomber suspect might still be living in his Montana cabin. ROBERT J. QUIRK Sarasota...
...title figure to author Peter Maas in Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia (HarperCollins; 308 pages; $25). Like most people when you get right down to it, our protagonist--the most famous snitch in Mob history, the man whose testimony helped put "Teflon Don" John Gotti behind bars for good--sees himself as a voice of reason in a world of blowhards and sociopaths. A contract on his brother-in-law, which Gravano himself doesn't carry out but which good manners force him to sign off on, prompts this reflection: "The bottom line...
...failure to convict King further burnished his "Teflon Don" image, which shines after two killings, two federal trials and three grand jury investigations...