Word: loudnesses
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...been easy. The agitation for television is constant. When Bush v. Gore reached the high court and the networks demanded entry with cameras, the chorus grew particularly loud. Rehnquist said no. His denial seems anachronistic, but it represents a deep understanding of the modern sensibility. Like Machiavelli, he knows how important an air of mystery is for maintaining authority. And TV's very essence is to demystify. Everything it touches becomes familiar and ordinary, ripe for irony and camp...
...strange moment on "Meet the Press": Off-camera in the studio, a lightbulb apparently exploded -a loud, sharp noise. Jesse Jackson thought it was a gunshot. For an instant he looked wildly to his right, eyes questioning...
...attendant, a young white guy, perhaps slightly simple, walks through the locker room collecting wet, castoff towels (including the bankers') and talking to himself in a loud voice. He repeats over and over: "THEY STOLE IT FROM US! THIS COUNTRY IS GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE TUBES...
...Breaux had to say. And that was all that needed to be said. Bush didn't get an energy secretary - given the strong signals from Breaux about the topic, he probably didn't even ask - but the photo-op symbolism about "getting things done" across party lines came through loud and clear...
Gore, 52, had reportedly been so embroiled in the past five weeks of legal wrangling that he had never spoken--out loud, at least--about where his life might turn in case of defeat. Aboard Air Force Two in September, the one-time newspaper reporter mused about possibly being "a writer of some kind...