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...There's a reason why people like her. It's because she doesn't, sort of, you know, fuel the fire.' MICHELLE OBAMA, wife of Barack Obama, appearing on ABC's The View, saying she was "taking some cues" from First Lady Laura Bush...
...Surviving Disaster Amanda Ripley's piece about surviving disaster was both informative and important [June 9]. But her recounting of the fatal fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, which I covered as a correspondent for ABC News, omitted two key lessons. One: when someone yells "Fire!" (or anything equally alarming), people must err on the side of caution. And two: exit doors must open outward! Most of the corpses at the Beverly Hills were lumped up against the exits. The people who reached the doors first couldn't open them because they opened inward, and when more people pressed...
Broadcaster Jim McKay, who died June 7 at age 86, traveled some 4 million miles in his 37 years with ABC's Wide World of Sports, "spanning the globe," as the show's slogan put it, to bring viewers "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat." And wherever his travels took him--from the Olympics to barrel-jumping, from horse-racing to demolition derby--he brought a reporter's eye, a poet's touch and a little boy's enthusiasm...
Amanda Ripley's piece about surviving disaster was both informative and important [June 9]. But her recounting of the fatal fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, which I covered as a correspondent for ABC News, omitted two key lessons. One: when someone yells "Fire!" (or anything equally alarming), people must err on the side of caution. And two: exit doors must open outward! Most of the corpses at the Beverly Hills were lumped up against the exits. The people who reached the doors first couldn't open them because they opened inward, and when more people pressed up behind...
...year. Ever louder exclamations of joy and despair will resonate not only from European immigrants but from their second-, third- and fourth-generation offspring, augmented by a growing Hispanic audience. For the first time, ESPN is televising every game. The final will be shown on a big broadcast network, ABC, and the ratings could top the National Hockey League's finals - unthinkable even 10 years ago. "There's a big fan base for each team here. And U.S. fans love big events: they love something where the excitement builds," says Russell Wolfe, head of ESPN International...