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...annals of broadcast journalism. During lunch at a Manhattan restaurant two weeks ago, Don Hewitt, executive producer of 60 Minutes, asked CBS Broadcast Group President Gene Jankowski a question. Would the company ever consider selling CBS News? If so, said Hewitt, he and several of the division's brightest stars, including Dan Rather, Diane Sawyer, Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Bill Moyers, would like to buy it. "I told him CBS News is not for sale. It never was, never is," recalls Jankowski. "I didn't take it seriously...
...author's customary beat is major league politics and journalism (The Best and the Brightest, The Powers That Be), and his usual tone is portentous. But in this canny change of pace, David Halberstam becomes a miniaturist, examining the claustrophobic world of competitive rowing...
...good as the attack looked, the brightest spot in this 11-10 defeat may still have been the play of Cahow. A hockey player by trade, Cahow was moonlighting as a lacrosse goalie for Saturday’s game on account of injury and illness suffered by the two goalies on the roster...
...maybe, as usual, we’re stressed out because we go to Harvard. If it attracts the best and brightest people in the country, and if you want your husband to be the best and brightest, you’d better meet him here...
...from Drawn & Quarterly, the second issue of which has just arrived in smart comix stores ($6), has its fascinating complexities encapsulated right in the title. Both a considered alternative ("Or else...") and a vague threat ("...or else!") the title represents the beginning and end of possibilities. One of the brightest, most interesting new comix authors to appear in the last five years, Huizenga's work contains mysteries and facts, often conflated, to better explore the wonder of the world and living in it. Reading "Or Else" requires an open mind and perhaps a bit of guidance to enjoy the work...