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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Payne is a tall, lean, all-American man: a jowlier Tom Brokaw in a red, white and blue tie. He shakes hands firmly and stands with his face too close to yours. When he's kept waiting, he whistles impatiently and claps one hand over a closed fist. He has spent his life emulating a father who asked him, "Did you do the best you could?" Young Billy could never answer yes. He's still trying. Despite a deadly family cardiac history and, at 48, two bypasses to call his own, Payne is, to say the least, driven. "You wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO PAYNE, NO GAMES | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...really liked [Class Day speaker] Tom Brokaw yesterday, and the speeches today were fun and interesting too. It wasn't nearly as boring as I thought it would be," said Mark D. Rudding, the 15-year-old brother of a new College graduate...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Crowd Wowed by Commencement | 6/22/1996 | See Source »

...Brokaw signed autographs before speaking but left immediately after his address, returning to New York in order to anchor yesterday's broadcast of the "Nightly News...

Author: By Amita M. Shukla, | Title: Brokaw Gives Address | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

Clear skies and a mild breeze put smiles on the faces of seniors as they listened to the Class Day speech by NBC "Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw, students orations and award presentations. And at the urging of First Marshal Peter S. Cahn '96, the entire class stood to give a round of applause to parents, teachers and friends...

Author: By Amita M. Shukla, | Title: Class Day Activities Fill Yard | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...Class Day speaker, Thomas would do almost anything to get support. "She knows how to put on the right short skirt to get something done," Cahn says. "'Is this one short enough? Is this one short enough?' she'd ask me." They eventually were able to bring Tom Brokaw to the event...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: Not Exactly Miss Manners | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

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