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...page--57-and-a-half column inches); for the story on how the photographer was now leaving campus (March 8, front page blurb--13 column inches); the entire opinion/editorial page devoted to the magazine and its recruitment (March 8--80 column inches); and for yesterday's full-page inside scoop on the workings of the interview process, complete with sample appliction (March 10, front page blurb--84 column inches...
Panel Chairman Rogers reacted defensively to the Times scoop. At a commission hearing, he asked Cook rhetorically: "Do you think your engineering experience based on the short time you've been at NASA improved your ability to pass judgment on what others had decided?" Cook, who has no engineering experience, seemed stunned and did not reply to the question but forcefully defended the facts in his memo. Two days later, he told the press that NASA engineers had "whispered" in his ear that because of the O-ring problems they "held their breaths" during every shuttle launch. In other testimony...
Director: Hey, don't look at me. I gave you the scoop on Marcos six years ago. You were the one who thought he was such a fine fellow then...
Bourbeau's scoop into the Engineer twines with six minutes left in the period gave Blair an insurance goal...
...There were over 3,000 reporters in Geneva," Reagan told Congress later, "so it's possible there will be 3,000 opinions on what happened. So maybe it's the old broadcaster in me, but I decided to file my own report directly to you." A scoop. At Geneva, the 3,000 reporters had been held at such a distance that they could only report on how unusually long Reagan and Gorbachev had talked, quote aides on how well they got along, and fill space with features like CBS News' "cold war wardrobes" of Raisa Gorbachev and others. Press commentary...