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Title: An influential man's farewell
Review: First anger, then sadness, as I read the musings of a network news anchorman at the dawn of a new millennium. Audrey Hepburn, Elvis, Charles Kuralt and other heroes are gone now, and so is the author's authority and relevance. The man who was upbraided by George Bush in a live TV interview now watches George Junior inexplicably move forward to fill the breach. The man who helped bring down a President finds himself embarrassed by the way a President younger than he brings himself down. There's true pathos in these essays by a man who once influenced Kings, but now worships the lowly Don Imus. Dan Rather bravely admits he has passed the baton to a new generation with standards perhaps lower than his, but with a bare honesty he could never bring himself to achieve. Here, he tries to break loose the network bonds that he inadvertantly helped create.A poignant end to an influential career.
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