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Commentary: A Defining Moment?
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BOSTON, Mass. - November 22, 2006 - Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. His death was a defining moment in US history, especially for those in what's now called the boomer generation.

Commentator Miranda Daniloff is officially one of them but says she has trouble identifying with that seminal moment.


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