Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shot!' " CBS Anchorman Dan Rather was attending a breakfast meeting with network affiliates in Los Angeles when Senior Executive Producer Burton Benjamin tapped him on the shoulder. Rather raced to the nearby CBS bureau, where a satellite link with New York was hastily arranged so that he could anchor the day's reporting from Los Angeles. NBC'S John Chancellor delivered a series of news bulletins throughout the day from his New York anchor desk...
...great-grandnephew of the gold rush outfitter Levi Strauss, Haas built the jeans-making firm into a sportswear conglomerate that had $2.8 billion in sales last year. Haas, whose family is an anchor of Bay Area society, quietly serves on corporate and charity boards. In a limited partnership with Son Walter J., 30, and Son-in-Law Roy Eisenhardt, 42, he acquired a team that was a smouldering shambles. Finley lost or traded away its talent. The farm system had gone to seed. The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum had fallen into such disrepair that the scoreboard did not always work...
Perhaps not winning all the field events incensed Henry. For whatever reason, he tried to redeem himself by substituting, for Peter Nsiah, who is out with a pulled hamstring, in the 400-meter relay. He ran the anchor leg, and along with Dwayne Jones. Jay Hudson and Bennet Midlo won the event. Incidentally, Mark Henry is a freshman...
...meter relay, the quarter of Scott Murrer. Dwayne Jones. Bennet Midlo, and Dave Frim blazed a new University record of 3:15.3 Though the race witnessed Jones's running of a 49.2 quarter in his first appearance at that distance and Frim's blistering 47.7 anchor leg, the Crimson still came up sixth...
Blond-mopped and boyish-looking, Gretzky exploits a trick from novice days: too small to anchor himself in front of the goal like a normal center, he hides behind the net and passes from there. It is still his favorite ploy. Says Gretzky: "Some guys are defensive, some score goals, and some are tough. For me it's just as nice to pass the puck and watch someone else shoot as to score myself." Gretzky's game relies on deceptive speed and accurate but not hard shooting. His stick handling is the best in the N.H.L. He often...