Word: covered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Monday, May 16, the plan broke down -- for the most banal of reasons. United and Merrill Lynch did not have enough funds in their accounts to cover outstanding checks, which started to bounce, alerting First Chicago officials that something was amiss. The bank traced the problem to Taylor and called in the FBI. Taylor named his coconspirators and agreed to make incriminating phone calls to Moore and the others that the FBI taped as evidence. Although Brown-Forman's funds were credited in Vienna, the money taken from United and Merrill Lynch was intercepted at Citibank before it left...
...many a Monday morning, when the first copies of TIME go on sale, I have paged through the magazine and felt the twinge of a missed opportunity. My letter to you in this space had mentioned a cover story, some other single article or member of our staff, but neglected half a dozen other pieces that were similarly distinctive. So I made myself a promise: This week I will write about stories that I am particularly proud of in this issue, until I run out of space...
...task was complicated by the course of events. We began the week with a different cover story in mind, but were struck by the sudden upsurge of debate over the highly emotional issue of whether drugs should be legalized. On Thursday we switched to the story that appears in the Nation section. It was reported by all our domestic bureaus and written by Senior Writer George Church. Accompanying the main story are examinations of the military's new role in the war on drugs and the Administration's "zero tolerance" campaign against drug consumers...
...have more effective aircraft for this job (Black Hawk helicopters and Cessna and Falcon jets) but they need more of them for better coverage. One other practical tactic: the use of tethered balloons with look-down radar (called aerostats). Seven, already authorized by Congress but not yet operational, could cover the border and part of the Bahamas...
Game stories report scores. But columns and editorials are subjective by definition. When we have the chance, as journalists, we've got to do more than reflect opinion--we've got to question and analyze opinion as well, especially when the society we cover displays problematic attitudes...