Word: eves
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...come to personify CNN's transformation from the "Chicken Noodle Network" to a respected competitor of ABC, CBS and NBC. That status seemed to become official last December, when Shaw joined the three network anchors for a nationally televised interview with President Reagan, from the Oval Office, on the eve of Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to the U.S. Last month the anchor turned up as one of half a dozen presenters at the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards, TV's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. But despite the attention, Shaw insists, "I'm not a star...
...disappointments in Williams' life have not been small. He lost his wife to a brain tumor four years ago, ten days short of their first anniversary. Symbolic little barriers were blocking his way right up to game time. On Super Bowl eve he endured three hours of root-canal dental work. And as the first quarter was closing in a 10-0 Denver rush, Williams' left leg crumpled; Schroeder entered for two plays. Although wobbling like a table, Williams was back for the first snap of the second quarter and for the remarkable 17 offensive plays that followed. All told...
...surprising move, network television turned its back on the Great Communicator. ABC, CBS and NBC refused to broadcast a presidential address on the eve of the vote. Network executives said there was no news in Reagan's 20- minute plea, and in fact, the speech was full of familiar hyperbolic rhetoric: "Nicaragua is being transformed into a beachhead for aggression against the U.S." In a follow-up address, Indiana Democrat Lee Hamilton offered the prevailing House view. The U.S., he said, should wait and see if Nicaragua sticks with the peace process set in motion by last summer before restoring...
...MOINES, Iowa-Vice President George Bush backed off yesterday from charges his campaign has been leveling at chief GOP presidential rival Kansas Sen. Robert Dole as candidates of both parties began cooling their rhetoric on the eve of Iowa's crucial precinct caucuses...
...eve of the battle, they have a last meeting in a small cafe, and sing their song, "Red and Black." The thoughts behind these words, sung by the leader Enjolras (John Herrera), who has one of the best singing voices in the show, are strong: "Red--the blood of angry men!/Black--the dark of ages past!/Red--a world about to dawn!/Black--the night that ends at last...