Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ships were just offshore, riding at anchor, gray silhouettes of power in a classic setting of blue sky, bright sunshine and white clouds. At daybreak on Wednesday morning last week, precisely on time, 800 U.S. Marines landed at Beirut Port. Their mission: to assist, with 800 French and 500 Italian troops, in the task of evacuating 7,000 Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas from the Lebanese capital. After the Marines landed, they soon had the situation well in hand. Said White House Spokesman Larry Speakes the next morning: "Everything is going according to plan...
...Turner may be changing the face of TV news, but I'll bet Anchor Roz Abrams was certainly surprised to see her face used with Reynelda Muse's name in the picture with Bob Cain. Indeed, both ladies are beautiful and articulate, but each has her own special identity, and their viewers know which is Rey and which...
Perhaps the most glamorous small brewer is Anchor Brewing Co. of San Francisco, which was saved from bankruptcy in 1965 by Frederick Maytag, the great-grandson of the washing machine company founder. Maytag has developed a national following for his Anchor Steam Beer even though only 25,000 bbl. of the brew were produced last year. The beer, now available in 19 states, including Massachusetts and Georgia, is much praised by savants for its distinctively European taste, which imparts a somewhat heavier bouquet than is common among American brands...
...example, the Boy Scouts. He accused "the media" of undermining the credibility of the U.S. Army through "anti-American" coverage in Viet Nam. His own station, lacking the resources to compete for serious news viewers, aired its newscast at 3 a.m. The show took itself so lightly that Anchor Bill Tush once read an entire script with his face hidden behind a photograph of Walter Cronkite...
...such events as the Kennedy assassination to philosophical reflections on the news business makes for a rather tame climax. But a book about this unique career in TV news would not be complete without some explanation of why a man would refuse the salary and glamor of the network anchor chair. And in spite of the plodding conclusion. MacNeil's book remains on balance a lively and informative work...