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...faced several challenges on the assignment, not all of them journalistic. For one thing, he says, "IBM is a large and swiftly moving target. A list I made of two weeks of its activities would be many another company's annual report." Another problem was IBM's penchant for secrecy. "You learn what they want to tell you," he observes. "They could teach the CIA a thing or two." Finally, as a result of a ruptured Achilles' tendon suffered on a squash court, Van Voorst was temporarily disabled. Says he: "It is embarrassing to start an interview...
...Montt's support was disintegrating. The Catholic Church has been alienated by the continuing influence of the military, not to mention the born-again general's penchant for Pentecostal proselytizing. The business community has been angered by his mishandling of the economy. Meanwhile, civilian political parties were outraged by his refusal to set an early date for promised elections...
...dutiful fixture at Maggie's appearances, nodding and applauding at the right moments, croaking, "Hear, hear," like a proud bullfrog each time she makes a point. A diligent Norwegian reporter counted 40 "Hear, hears" during a single Thatcher speech a few weeks ago in Yorkshire. Denis has a penchant for the blunt phrase. He routinely refers to trade unionists as "Luddites" and to antinuclear protesters as "Commies." As he once put it, "I don't pretend that I'm anything but an honest-to-God right-winger." After a few such remarks slipped into the press, Denis...
...narrated for the BBC in 1969. When Civilisation first appeared in England, the reviews were respectful, on the whole, but tepid. Among art historians, there was a good deal of scorn for its generalizations. Many television people thought it an oldfashioned, static affair, hobbled by Clark's unbudgeable penchant for writing scripts that were really slide lectures, with the narrator too much in view-"I am standing in front of the Cathedral of X, which you cannot see because I am standing in front of it." It was also felt that Clark's image of history...
WANTED: Male, between 22 and 32 years old. Has a penchant for handsome attire, fancy foreign cars, and comes from out of state. He will be looking for isolated property, perhaps even several holdings, and will make the down payment in cash...