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Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:00 AM

Trusting Walter Cronkite

We know no one else will ever be able to say "And that's the way it is." Can anyone emulate his truth-telling?

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    This man was the Vietnam War. He was Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. He was The Way it Is, for my whole childhood. I hope there's a special place in heaven for him, all ready for him to move in.

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