Word: brokaw
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...candidacy dead on arrival due to terminal flightiness. In the first televised debate Dec. 15, he took out after moneygrubbing politicians, some of whom he said were onstage with him. He dared to step out of line and recite his now famous 800 number, angering debate master Tom Brokaw, who behaved as if anchorpersons deserved more respect than presidential candidates...
While some may wear sideburns for practical reasons today, nothing can compare to the sideburn heydays of the 1970's when mature and respected adults sported burly burns. Close examination of photos from the period reveal that Tom Brokaw, Harvard government professor Joseph Nye, and even President George Herbert Walker Bush succumbed to the trend...
Presidents are only part of this unwitting conspiracy. Politics is now a drama of motion. The media love the exhilaration of nomadic statecraft. Anchors like Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather climbed the ladder by breathless appearances at exotic summits from Beijing to Moscow...
...clear that his listeners sensed that committment. They heard him lash out against Political Action Committees, incumbent politicians, Republicans, Democrats, defense spending and Tom Brokaw--and loved every minute...
WHEN BROWN ANNOUNCED--twice--during the December debate that he had established a toll-free number for contributors to call, and when (amid the protests of moderator Tom Brokaw) he told his viewers what that number was, I found him obnoxious...