Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three stars should also go to the Crimson defense, especially its anchor. All-American Haywood Miller, for harassing the Wildcat forwards relentlessly, forcing repeated errors...
Compared with Viet Nam or even Nicaragua, the fighting was light. Even so, competition among the networks was as ferocious as a TV ratings war, and some correspondents attributed it to just that. With Walter Cronkite's retirement from the anchor position at CBS Evening News, the scramble for viewers has been more intense than usual. Admits ABC World News Tonight Executive Producer Jeff Gralnick: "Without Cronkite on the scene, people are sampling...
...slightly beat-up set, with Cronkite in the middle of what looks like a newspaper copy desk, is the way Cronkite wants it. Let other networks experiment with big anchor desks like airline counters, glitzy overhead lighting like a Vegas hotel lobby, or space-age backdrops of multiple TV screens-Cronkite knows the value, in maintaining listener loyalty, of what he calls the "old shoe" factor. It irritates him when young interviewers ask him how much of the broadcast he writes, as if this alone distinguishes a newsman from an announcer (his written contribution is "purely whimsical-from...
John Paul left Nagasaki with the new Japanese nickname of Yuki Otoko (Snowman) and flew to equally chilly Anchor age, where he celebrated an outdoor Mass and took a 90-ft. fling at driving a sled drawn by nine rambunctious huskies. "This was great," said the Pontiff. Then off again, up over the North Pole and back to Rome. To the faithful who braved the Nagasaki blizzard, John Paul had said good-naturedly, "It's good for the faith." So, apparently, was the taxing 20,500-mile journey by the most traveled Pope in history...
...eyed and steady-voiced, the 64-year old broadcaster, who will be replaced by Dan Rather as anchor of the CBS Evening News next Monday, said he felt "some sadness" at his departure, but added he feared too much had been made of his retirement...