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...thieves (see THE LAW). The first operation was known as "the Sting" and the second as G.Y.A., for "Got Ya Again." Tuesday evening Ford flew to the All-Star baseball game in Philadelphia, keenly aware that ABC's televised broadcast of the game was expected to outdraw NBC'S and CBS's convention coverage. (Indeed, ABC dominated the evening with a rating of 27.1, compared with NBC's 5.4 and CBS's 5.9.) Despite his reputation for being poorly coordinated, Ford accurately tossed out two balls, one with his right hand, one with his left...
...section took to doing some T.V. reporting. Maybe that's alright. After all, for 361 days of the year T.V. people get most of their stories through newspapers. For four days newspapermen can surrender their primacy. It's really their event. And they are well-prepared. Five minutes with NBC's John Hart convinced me of that. I once saw Hart mutter to someone on the floor that he wished he knew more about the party's defense plank. But two minutes later he was stumping Admiral Zumwalt, the party spokesman on defense, with some tough questions about the party...
...tell how real the sentiment for unity was. Only through mingling with delegations could you tell that the snowballing unity wasn't something that Carter's efficiency experts decided to manufacture. Nevertheless, ten seconds of every minute on the floor was spent gazing at the clock above the NBC booth. And it is difficult to tell Pennsylvania's governor that you must excuse yourself because you have Cinderella status...
...allotted quartet of floor reporters -known among colleagues as "the four horsepersons"-to keep an eye cocked for offbeat background stories. "I'd like to explain the process by which the Democratic candidate sewed up the nomination and the party before the convention," says Tom Pettit, one of NBC'S floor reporters.* Promises ABC'S Ann Compton: "The delegates used to be faceless people in straw hats, but this year we're going to find out why they are voting the way they...
...other journalists and 5,000 delegates and alternates for breathing space on the claustrophobic Madison Square Garden floor (30,000 sq. ft., or about half the size of a football field). "There might be a few ripped trousers and coats. There might be a few bumps and bruises," says NBC'S Pettit. Of course, some kind of action like that may be necessary to keep the nomination of a presidential candidate from being upstaged by Bionic Woman...