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Another examples is Harvey Mudd's new poetry book. The Plain of Smokes, which translates descriptions of Los Angeles into universal messages. Mudd evokes from anyone who has ever felt strongly about a place a whole range of emotions, such as nostalgia and claustrophobia...
...Angeles is to Mudd what Paterson, N.J. was to William Carlos Williams his sole source of inspiration, the backdrop against which time passes and the measure of change. Mudd even defines his own art by describing his hometown--he writes that poetry is a rambling jazz, spread out as lights are over the freeways...
...John Chancellor of NBC, however, the patterns were "very similar to 1980: there is no rebellion that we can find." Added his colleague Tom Brokaw: "The country is not moving to the left sharply or to the right sharply." Concurred Roger Mudd: "If I were Ronald Reagan reading these returns, I would probably stay the course." As the evening wore on, NBC's tone altered somewhat, but it never approached CBS's relish for Republican ruin...
...with her NBC colleague Jessica Savitch, with CBS's Stahl and Diane Sawyer and with ABC'S Catherine Mackin, apparently because all are blond. Indeed, President Reagan once addressed Stahl as "Judy" at a press conference. Says Woodruff: "I do not notice many people confusing Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw." Moreover, she fears that aging will curtail her career: "Men gain credibility as they get older, but women are not accorded that treatment...
...Woodruff is returning to her first love, campaign reporting. On Election Night in November she will have the task of co-anchoring, with Mudd, Brokaw and John Chancellor, the network's evening-long coverage of Senate, House and gubernatorial races. Thereafter she will interview newsmakers on Today and ease into some coverage of her third consecutive presidential campaign. Sums up Woodruff: "I am hooked on Washington, but I have been pinned down at the White House. There is so much that I have not yet seen." Her boss, NBC News President Reuven Frank, agrees: "Judy will cover ideas...