Word: ruther
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Howard began his career here as the Saturday secretary, while still a student at Columbia University's journalism school. Born and raised in Manila, Howard got hooked on news watching Ruther Batuigas, a police reporter for the city's Daily Star, a tabloid published by his uncle, Andrew Go. "He was forever solving some crime: interviewing the murderous leader of a jailhouse riot, bringing some fugitive in to face justice, surviving a shootout with a gunslinging gangster. One of the most exciting things I was ever allowed to do was hitch a ride with Ruther...
...wild rivers in dugout canoes; talking to champions and losers who won't quit; trying to figure out how to send in their reporting from areas torn apart by war. And every week, as I look over their shoulders, I feel as if I am in that car with Ruther Batuigas, granted the extraordinary privilege of tagging along to go where the action is. At those moments, as deadline approaches and stories come due, when the talents and resources of TIME come rushing together to a weekly close, I feel my life has borrowed something like the energy...