Word: firsthand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Mrs. Werner returned-luggage uneaten-from her own month-long safari in Asia. Eager for a firsthand look at field operations, she had toured Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo...
...discover firsthand what it must feel like to be Dick Cavett, TIME arranged a turnabout show before an audience that had gathered to watch one of his regular programs. This time Cavett himself was the sole guest. His host was Correspondent Jesse Birnbaum, who has since become insufferably stagestruck. His report...
...backed display cases containing the Johnson daughters' wedding dresses. Lady Bird Johnson, who chose the library site, and has been frequently seen directing its construction over the past five years, is behind some of the more personal touches. Says she: "Visitors want to sniff the presidency, to see firsthand the real belongings that were part of the center of power...
...Congress. Hannifin, still TIME'S Washington-based aviation correspondent, had followed the program closely from its birth to its death and was in a perfect position to report on Washington developments for this week's cover story and related articles on the SST. He has firsthand familiarity with more than the politics and economics of the issue. Flying is Hannifin's hobby as well as his journalistic specialty. He has piloted a variety of military and civilian aircraft, from fighters to jetliners, and has himself flown at Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound...
...need for firsthand reporting from Laos is pressing-especially in light of the longstanding unreliability of South Vietnamese military communiqués. Last week the Ranger battalion's losses were classified as "light," only to be revealed three days later as 100 killed, 145 wounded and 78 missing. South Viet Nam claimed a victory nonetheless, citing 623 North Vietnamese killed. U.S. reports were also suspect, and some information officers were openly scornful of what was being pumped out to the press. "There can't be a credibility gap," scoffed one, "when there's no credibility...