Word: hourlong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Correspondent John Stacks was at Ribicoffs side in his hotel suite when McGovern phoned the next day to ask him to be his running mate. Stacks knew before McGovern himself - because Ribicoff had told him - that the offer would be refused. Correspondent Gregory Wierzynski sought out Eagleton for an hourlong interview - a full twelve hours before the Missouri Senator himself knew whether he was to be the vice-presidential candidate...
...McGovern to three television debates. There was no haggling between the two camps over the format, which is to have both men answering questions from a small group of national newsmen. McGovern quickly agreed, even though the man ahead has the most to lose in such a clash. The hourlong debates, two this week and one next Sunday, are crucial to Humphrey. "I kid you not," says Cerrell. "This is the whole thing-the whole campaign...
...Boston studios where Zoom is produced for public television, grownups coach, suggest, choreograph and keep a professional rein on things, thus avoiding the anarchy and flatness that sometimes bedevil NBC's hourlong, live Take a Giant Step. But the kids have the last say. Producer Christopher Sarson originally wanted a problem-solving segment patterned after the "Dear Abby" column, but the Zoom cast vetoed the idea: they felt they lacked the experience to solve problems for their peers. At the end of last week's show, they urged young viewers ("Zoomers") to write in for song lyrics...
...Mass. Moratorium Committee has made available to radio stations an hourlong tape of King's 1967 speech against the war, as well as pamphlets of his other speeches and talks. WHRB has not yet decided whether it will use the tape...