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There are too many competent interviewers in talk TV. From David Letterman's grumpy-uncle persona to Jay Leno's Chamber of Commerce bonhomie to Larry King's slow-pitched softballs, there are plenty of formats on which guests can happily plug their products or agendas. What TV needs are more bad interviews--unpredictable showdowns that don't glide to a safe three-point landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In-Your-Face the Nation | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

After Levine left, the council invoked a rare “executive session,” temporarily expelling all non-members from its chamber...

Author: By William B. Higgins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Debates Springfest Funding | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

There are too many competent interviewers in talk TV. From David Letterman's grumpy-uncle persona to Jay Leno's Chamber of Commerce bonhomie to Larry King's slow-pitched softballs, there are plenty of formats on which guests can happily plug their products or agendas. What TV needs are more bad interviews - unpredictable showdowns that don't glide to a safe three-point landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In-Your-Face the Nation | 2/18/2003 | See Source »

...good job handling Iraq, but 83% approved of Powell's performance as Secretary of State. The Secretary threw himself into the task. He spent hours rehearsing the speech, even rearranged the furniture in one office of the U.S. mission to the U.N. so that it resembled the Security Council chamber. He checked and rechecked the information he was given and more than once refused to put into the speech details that hard-liners on Iraq wanted there but that Powell felt the available intelligence did not support. "He was only going to do the stuff that he was personally confident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Diplomacy and Deployment: Countdown To War | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

...journey Reed has been on since his Velvet Underground days. None are verse-chorus-verse accessible, but Perfect Day and the fiery duet I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), with the Blind Boys of Alabama, prove that Reed is still attuned to the knocking on his own chamber door. "One thinks of what one hopes to be," he sings mournfully, "and then faces reality." --By Josh Tyrangiel

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New York's Favorite Sons | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

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