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Have you interviewed anyone who made you really nervous? - Barb Micetic Lancaster, Gridley, Ill. The worst interview I ever conducted was with TV host Steve Allen, who was having a bad day and decided that one-word answers should suffice. The interview felt like about a week and a half, and I think it took 20 minutes. (Read Walter Isaacson's tribute to Brian Williams in the TIME...
While the Obamas were at dinner, a security barrier was set up outside the restaurant. But it didn't inconvenience diners at nearby restaurants too badly, says Janice Respicio, a manager of Gyotaku Japanese restaurant. "We had traffic in front, but not too bad," Respicio says. "But we were pretty busy...
...Supreme Court, accusing it of overstepping its role by lifting the amnesty on Zardari's corruption charges. A potentially destructive confrontation between the two is now feared. Meanwhile, the political opposition is slowly ratcheting up pressure on Zardari to step down, something he is no mood to do. The bad news for Pakistan is that, yet again, its rough-and-tumble politics may mean that not enough attention will be paid to defeating the terrorists who hit Karachi on Monday...
...long-suffering Cubs fan who played Division III college ball, Callahan now plays first base for the embassy's softball team, Los Cañoneros. As team captain, he batted a respectable .347 this season. "I guess for a guy who's 60, that's not bad. But I've got no power anymore, and I can't run." (See the top 10 of everything...
...People see me on TV playing softball and they think, 'He's not so bad. He's out there playing ball with the guys - I mean, he can't be that bad, no matter what the government says about him,' " Callahan says with a laugh. To help his Mr. Baseball image, Callahan keeps several boxes of new baseballs (printed with U.S. and Nicaraguan flags) in his embassy vehicle so he can toss out a few to kids playing pickup games in roadside fields...