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...Zahhar, a leader of the terrorist organization Hamas, told the Associated Press, "He practiced all forms of violence against us. I'm joyful because he was punished." And in Beirut the Hizballah television station showed film of locals celebrating "the death of the Zionist criminal Rabin" as a news anchor told viewers, "The gunfire you hear is in celebration, but please keep your bullets for the Israeli oppressors" in southern Lebanon. When the station, Al Manar (The Lighthouse), showed footage of an Israeli TV journalist weeping, the anchor laughed out loud...
...didn't listen, and then became famous for listening. It was Hugh Downs, now her 20/20 co-anchor, who suggested that Walters, a Today show writer and reporter, replace actress Maureen O'Sullivan in 1964 as Today's female personality. Since then Walters has interviewed nearly every President and First Lady--she still hasn't sat down with the Clintons--world leaders from Yasser Arafat to Jiang Zemin, celebrity icons (Astaire, Garland, Carson) and cons (Mr. T, Suzanne Somers) and, by her own count, seven alleged murderers. This woman, who was caricatured in her Sarah Lawrence yearbook as an ostrich...
...visited him regularly in jail. NBC News president Andrew Lack worked out ground rules for the interview with Simpson--no questions were to be off limits--and picked Couric and Brokaw to do the questioning. One passed-over aspirant for the plum assignment, Bryant Gumbel (Couric's Today co-anchor and another friend of Simpson's), took the rejection hard; he didn't show up at work the rest of the week...
...plan to teach. Miss Massachusetts, a junior at Harvard, lists as her ambition "U.S. Senator." Four would make a mark in broadcast journalism. Miss Illinois has an edge here; she looks like a young Diane Sawyer. And Pat Robertson, take note: Miss North Dakota lists her ambition as "news anchor for Christian network...
Despite Frantz's optimism, it's not going to be easy for Harvard. Columbia returns a powerful set of defensive weapons to its arsenal; the Lions lost only two defenders to graduation. Defensive tackles Eric Keck, a first-team All-Ivy selection, and Frank Congiusta once again anchor the Lions' crucial defensive line, while Rory Wilfork, who had a team-leading 127 tackles in 1994, and Jake Lill both return at linebacker...