Word: briefingate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The briefing for Pope John Paul II's tour of a Calcutta home for the dying was chalked on a blackboard at the hospice's entrance. "Date: 3rd February. Admission: 2. Discharge: --. Death: 4." Inside, many of the 86 gravely ill patients peered attentively at the visitor, although few knew...
Dan Rather of CBS first heard the news in his New York office and raced into a "flash" studio set up for such crises, going on the air without makeup or his customary contact lenses. His counterparts, NBC's Tom Brokaw and ABC's Jennings, were at a White House...
The startled press corps quickly swung into action. At 9:10 a.m. the first wire service bulletins were transmitted reporting the collapse of the government of President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier. If the announcement caused a stir in newsrooms across the country, it probably did not compare with the...
The initial, unsupervised groups of 10 were instructed to continue meeting on their own once a week in order to experiment with an instance of failed leadership and to have a class member become a leader by conducting the meeting. During the course's group meetings, each person fills out...
McFarlane countered by becoming more assertive in public, briefing reporters frequently and appearing on Sunday- morning TV interview shows. Beyond promoting his own views, this let him vent some of his frustrations, but it was resented by Shultz.