Word: koppel
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Nightline and its host Ted Koppel command a great deal of respect from the public. People trust Koppel to ask penetrating, frank questions that reflect their own concerns. Koppel is also well-known for his persistence, making sure that his guests do not get off the hook without answering his question or at least clearly showing that they want to avoid answering...
CLEARLY this is a gamble by Dukakis, partly made in desperation, and will be a danger-ridden adventure for him. In order to answer Koppel's questions, he may be forced to show his liberal, yes liberal, views on the issues. Ninety minutes with Koppel will give Dukakis little place to hide. If the public is as conservative as both Bush and Dukakis seem to think, this may not bode well...
...option besides submitting to a similar, though preferably shorter, appearance. Bush's "propensity to gaffe" should rule out a 90 minute one-on-one with any panel or news anchor. Appearing on a different network might allow Bush to save some face at the expense of ABC and Ted Koppel...
Keep your distance, Duke. Negotiating a pre-convention Nightline interview, Dukakis aides wanted their man seated next to Ted Koppel, as Gary Hart had been. Koppel wanted the Duke in a separate studio. Unable to resolve the dispute, the Dukakis camp canceled the interview...
...Foundation Fellows and six Pulitzer prizewinners. Stanford students have won 59 Rhodes Scholarships and 27 Marshall Scholarships. Among the university's illustrious alumni are Supreme Court Justices William Rehnquist, Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor; Football Stars Jim Plunkett and John Elway; Astronaut Sally Ride; TV Commentator Ted Koppel and -- would you believe? -- Harvard President Derek...