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...Robert MacNeil...
...this charming memoir, half of PBS's MacNeil/Lehrer news team deftly links his early biography to the words and books he learned, to connections made. Born in Montreal but raised mostly in Halifax, Robert MacNeil was the son of a seagoing Mountie (in Canada's equivalent of the Coast Guard) and a Nova Scotian mother who delighted in reading aloud to her sons. MacNeil's first nonbaby words were "gin fizz" -- the name of a teddy bear. He recalls being amazed, on a rare trip aboard his father's corvette, that sailing terms derived from Viking days (coxswain, starboard) still...
...Crimson Captain Dan McConaghy for the bad news first. In the opener, with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and the Eagles ahead, 5-3, the Harvard centerfielder strode to the plate, representing the tying run. He struck out on a Doug MacNeil breaking ball, stranding Pat Sullivan on second base to end the game...
...State House budget deliberations this week, reporters weary after eight long days of tedious debate decided to inject some levity into the proceedings. One reporter donned a Gov. Michael S. Dukakis mask and stood in the press gallery eying the legislature. As curious lawmakers began laughing, Rep. Robert MacNeil (D-Malden), yelled to the mock governor, "Jump...
Cockburn read an excerpt from his book parodying the MacNeil-Lehrer Report, in which reporters cut off speakers before they can express their opinions...