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...like to do my own reporting," says Callahan. "I would find it difficult to give the flavor of a place or personality if I hadn't got it firsthand." A few weeks ago, Callahan set off for Seattle to catch Bird and the Boston Celtics on the road, and traveled with the team to Oakland and Los Angeles. Then he flew to Edmonton to talk with Gretzky and the Oilers. After that, to get a feeling for his subjects' nurturing grounds, he went to French Lick, Ind., where one of Bird's older brothers showed him around and introduced...
...Newstour participants, of course, have all had plenty of business and personal dealings in the U.S. Nevertheless, they were glad to have the chance to talk firsthand with so many U.S. policymakers. "Learning what makes a political system go, and what the concerns are, has to be of value," said Warren Chippindale, chairman of Coopers & Lybrand. "We saw a lot of people who have clout." John Stoik, president of Gulf Canada Ltd., seemed to speak for many of his colleagues when he said, "I never have had very much exposure to the Government in this country, and I have been...
...department that relies on CUE evaluations is a "very lazy, shiftless department." Ozment says, urging that senior professors take the time to observe their younger colleagues' teaching firsthand...
...first day on the witness stand, General William C. Westmoreland described how he made frequent visits to his field commanders in Viet Nam to hear their briefings and get firsthand impressions. He used the word briefings as an old soldier would, perhaps not even aware of its connection to his $120 million libel suit against CBS. For briefings are also what journalism is about?gathering facts, asking questions and then briefing a public that hasn't the time or the patience to hear...
...York, a significant number of 1 those involved brought firsthand expertise to the assignment. Senior Writer William Smith, who wrote the main story, served as New Delhi bureau chief in 1975 and '76. Smith was assisted by Reporter-Researcher Naushad Mehta, who was born and reared in Bombay...