Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...convention's close, several hundred delegates and hangers-on gathered below the CBS booth chanting "Walter! Walter! Walter!" It was Cronkite's last stint as a convention anchor, and the crowd was giving him a rousing salute. At a CBS party a few hours later, colleagues presented him with a 1952-vintage microphone that plays a tape of Walter broadcasting his first convention, the Democrats' get-together that year in Chicago. But Cronkite seemed in no hurry to go: he said he would be back in some capacity in 1984. After all, even if many conventions offer...
James Moriarty, a University of San Diego marine archaeologist, identifies it as a so-called messenger stone, probably of ancient Chinese origin. Such a stone could be sent sliding down an anchor chain, via the hole, to strip away accumulations of seaweed. Another stony relic, discov ered five years ago off Los Angeles by two sports divers, Wayne Baldwin and Robert Miestrell, also hints at an early Chinese presence. To Moriarty and his assistant, Archaeologist Larry Pierson, it looks very much like the type of mill stone known to have been used by Chinese sailors as anchors...
...Cronkite. At least that's the way it was at 10:10 Wednesday night. Within 15 minutes, CBS floor correspondents began hearing that the deal was coming unstuck. At 11:54 Dan Rather's worried voice crackled across the network's internal radio system. "Tell the anchor booth to be very careful," he said urgently. "There's something very strange going on here...
...Rather finished his report, Ford walked into the CBS anchor booth for a previously scheduled interview with Cronkite. It turned out to be a remarkable conversation, somewhat reminiscent of Cronkite's electronic diplomacy in 1977 bringing together Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Ford opened the possibility of returning to Washington if he had "a meaningful role across the board." He added, "Before I can even consider any revision in the firm position I have taken, I have to have responsible assurances...
...offered Mudd an evening news anchor position in New York (joining those in Washington, Chicago and London), but he did not want to leave his native Washington, where he has worked in television for 24 years. Indeed, Mudd's professional reputation rests almost entirely on his reporting in the capital, a fact that seemed to hurt him in comparisons with Rather, who has done tours in London, Viet Nam and Washington. Says Washington Star Political Writer Jules Witcover: "Among the writing press covering politics, Mudd is considered the top broadcast reporter. He's the one guy who really...