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...quit Texas International in January 1980 to start his own airline. "He's absolutely fearless," a member of People's board of directors observes. "He takes business risks that are unbelievable." As he assembled People Express in Newark, the new boss used Army-style screening tests to make sure job applicants had the same daring spirit that he did. By November 1980 Burr had gathered together a band of renegades who were attracted by People's you're-the-boss structure. They included a flight scheduler and a personnel manager. The new company issued stock, raising enough cash...
...sins of Murrow are mainly those of oversimplification. The hero, portrayed with steely self-righteousness by Travanti, is flagrantly romanticized. First he is the fearless war reporter, dodging bombs and ignoring pleas for his safety from superiors. Later he is a fearless David tackling government Goliaths and a high-minded defender of journalistic integrity in the face of TV's mounting concern for profits. "Something is dying, Bill," he tells Paley as he prepares to exit CBS. "It may take a long time, but it's dying...
...great attitude, and is fearless when it comes to taking out a race and pouring 110 percent onto the course,” Maludzinski added...
...Andy was always doing some kind of prank or trying to think of something,” Bowman says. “He didn’t really care [what happened to him]. He was kind of fearless that...
...journalistic romance of Watergate was built on the irresistible combination of tenacious, enterprising reporters led toward the truth by a fearless whistle-blower bucking the foremost power in the land. In fact, it wasn't nearly that simple, and the credit--or blame, as some still see it--for precipitating Nixon's August 1974 resignation belongs as well to other journalists who doggedly pursued the story; to U.S. District Court Judge John Sirica, who pressed participants in the break-in to confess Administration involvement; to special prosecutors Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski, who stood firm against White House interference...