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Middle America's favorite anchor was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and as he recalled in his memoir A Reporter's Life, he developed a taste for reporting and news analysis early. While living in Kansas City at age six, he ran to a friend's house with a newspaper story about the death of President Warren Harding. "Look carefully at that picture," he told his friend. "It's the last picture you will ever see of Warren Harding." With typical self-deprecation, the elder Cronkite wrote: "I record it here today to establish my early predisposition to editorial work...
...Would you ever commit to the lead role in a movie series again? - Danielle Higson, St. John's, Nfld. It would be very hard to do that in a hurry. I think it would be a while, at least, before I did that. It would have to be very good...
Taiwan cuisine is difficult to define - the brand is too recent and the influences too many - but a good place to start has come to Taipei via, of all places, the Caribbean's St. Martin and San Luis Obispo, Calif...
Another affordable way to visit Bermuda is by boat. Several cruise lines are offering big bargains this summer: Norwegian Cruise Line has a seven-day cruise from Baltimore starting at $579; it docks for three nights at the colonial village of St. George, which was the first permanent British settlement in Bermuda and is today a UNESCO World Heritage site. Similar cruises from Boston or New York City start at $749. Royal Caribbean has a five-day cruise from Baltimore, with two nights at King's Wharf, for $699 per person. (See classic pictures of the beach on LIFE.com...
...most of them expect guests to dress for dinner - for men that means Bermuda shorts, knee socks and a jacket. Not your style? Adventuresome souls can check out the local scene at out-of-the-way spots like Dennis's Hideaway (Cashew City Road; 441-297-0444) on St. David's Island, east of the airport (most places you'd want to go to are west). Dennis wears a brown paper bag for a chef's hat and serves food on plastic plates, but he makes a killer fish chowder, curried mussel stew and shark hash...