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Finally, the last snippet of our conversation to make it into the article also came out on its head. The committee of which I am a member was used as an illustration of the department's recognition that there is a problem and of its good intentions. Whether they are merely good intentions is a matter the future will decide, not one I prejudged in my conversation with Ms. Glasser. Peter Baldwin Professor of History
...media made much of the tiff, Raisa's activities were given more sober coverage in the Soviet Union, where she is referred to as "Gorbachev's spouse." Despite recent criticism that Raisa has assumed too visible a role, Soviet television viewers were treated to a snippet of her singing Moscow Nights at the state dinner. TASS, the state news agency, published stories about her National Gallery visit and her meeting with a friendly group of Armenians at the Soviet embassy...
...Quincy E-43, that philosophic snippet greets callers almost as often as one of the three residents does. This room is not alone. More and more students are creating a new art out of answering machines--the clever, pithy answering message...
...thinks last year "I fell into a crack" at CBS; his commentary was used more sparingly, and some of the people "on a lower level" on the CBS Evening News were happy to have more time for news items. To Moyers, this is a mistake. Instead of one more snippet of news, he believes, the public wants some attempts to explain and clarify events. That was the tradition at CBS, exemplified in the old days by Eric Sevareid, who with handsome furrowed face gravely discoursed on matters grave. Sevareid gave Moyers two pieces of advice: "Appear regularly, and choose your...
...unnamed "those" as authority for his questions: "Well, sir, what's your response to those who suggest that you don't spend enough time at the job of being President?" On the nightly TV news, however, Reagan is able to score unopposed by reading out some simplified snippet, knowing this is as much as the networks want to hear from...