Opinion

The 1996 Elections

Many Close Calls, But Few Surprises. By Stuart Rothenberg. Looking back over the past few days, and comparing them with the past few months, the 1996 elections ...
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Democracy in America '96

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA '96 is a seven-hour, prime-time series on CNN PRESENTS, airing Sept. 15 through Oct. 27. The documentary series explores the concerns of the American people as the country heads ...
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Prosecutor’s review finds new suspects in 1996 double killing and no ties to man tried 5 times

For 16 years, a suburban New York prosecutor’s office insisted it had the right man in a notorious 1996 double killing. The office tried him five times, through a series of hung juries and reversed ...
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Pennsylvania Voters Depict New Reality

Over the years, few states have better reflected the nation's body politic than Pennsylvania. It has voted with the winner in 11 of the last 12 presidential elections, and this year backed President ...
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FRANK SESNO

Frank Sesno is vice president and bureau chief of CNN's Washington, DC bureau, supervising the network's largest bureau with approximately 350 employees covering events in the nation's capital. He is ...
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SUSAN ROOK

Susan Rook is host of CNN TalkBack Live, the networks daily, live interactive town meeting. CNN TalkBack Live is the next generation of television talk -- a truly interactive television town meeting ...
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BILL SCHNEIDER

Bill Schneider, one of this country's foremost political commentators, is CNNs lead political analyst. Schneider will lend his expertise to CNN's CAMPAIGN USA '96 coverage. He regularly appears on ...
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Ross Perot

February 20: On CNN's "Larry King Live," Perot says he would run for president if supporters can get his name on all 50 state ballots. March 18: Speaks at the National Press Club and says he will run ...
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Bottoming out in the presidential race can still pay off big time for the losing candidates

(TIME, March 25) -- What with Steve Forbes and Ross Perot, a lot has been said lately about rich men crowding into presidential politics. But that misses half the story. An unsuccessful run for the ...
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Jonathan David Karl

Jonathan David Karl is a special CNN political correspondent, specializing in covering Generation X during Campaign USA '96. He joined CNN in 1996. Karl previously worked as an investigative reporter ...
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Polish poet awarded Nobel Prize in literature

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CNN) -- Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature October 3. She was cited for her "poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical ...
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The 1996 Nobel Prizes

What was striking about the 1996 Nobel laureates was the diversity of their achievements: advances in medicine that are already saving lives, groundbreaking discoveries of new molecules and phenomena ...