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Competition for the journalist's berth is fierce. Although ASJMC would not reveal the names of any applicants, those vying to become the first reporter in space were rumored to include NBC Anchorman Tom Brokaw, The Right Stuff Author Tom Wolfe and ABC White House Correspondent Sam Donaldson. Former CBS Anchorman and veteran Space Reporter Walter Cronkite proudly announced that he was in the running. To be considered, applicants must be U.S. citizens and have five or more years of full-time professional experience reporting contemporary events in print or on television or radio. There is no age limit...
...Tom Callahan's coverage of the N.C.A.A. basketball finals in Dallas, there was a confusing reference to racism that apparently attempted to say something about Duke's supporters or its players or its recruiting. The reference was inscrutable. If it intended to allege something racial about Duke's admissions or fans, the charge is untrue and unfair...
Among the Kennedy family members and celebrities disgorged at the church by a fleet of limousines and buses were the bride's uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, her aunt Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, TV Actress Susan Saint James, I CBS's 60 Minutes Correspondent Diane Sawyer, NBC Newscaster Tom Brokaw, ABC Interviewer Barbara Walters, Columnist Art Buchwald and Singer Andy Williams. Flattopped Actress Grace Jones and Pop Artist Andy Warhol showed up late...
...days later. 'Your face is less luminous.' " The novel fulfills its mission when it leaves the famous and concentrates on the lives of the obscure--the uncelebrated and faceless figures who make history happen. Furnished with voices, the long silent tribe of Abraham reiterates the observation made by Playwright Tom Stoppard 20 years ago in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: when neglected characters move to center stage, Hamlet himself is only a walk-on. --By Stefan Kanfer Best Sellers...
...most weeks when the hotly contested new ratings come out, CBS Evening News finds itself leading the pack, but just barely. Hooray, the challenge from Tom Brokaw's NBC Nightly News has been beaten off again. But CBS's edge is misleading. The audience of the proud longtime leader in network news has actually declined by 375,000 "TV households" from the same period a year ago. NBC and ABC news programs have been gaining viewers...