Word: tonight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Columnist George F. Will, who, when criticized for helping coach his friend Ronald Reagan for the 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter, said he felt exempt 5 from the rules of neutrality because he was not a "journalist." (About to become a regular commentator on ABC's World News Tonight, Will describes himself as "reformed...
...yellow legal pad. After arriving in North Oaks, Kennedy urged his host to compromise on a couple of unresolved points. "We're getting close, but we're not there yet," said Mondale over cigars and Scotch. Prodded Kennedy: "Fritz, I think this thing can be wrapped up tonight...
...Feminine Mystique. "She started talking about yellow wax buildup and all that, and all of us started laughing." Friedan shook her finger and scolded them; these were supposed to be demeaning concerns, not funny ones. Bombeck remembers thinking, "God, lady, you can't make it better tonight. What more do you want from us?" Bombeck's feeling was that "first we had to laugh; the crying had to come later." She still has not entirely forgiven Friedan and other militant feminists. "These women threw a war for themselves and didn't invite any of us. That...
...Bill Lord, the former executive producer of "Nightline" and now the executive producer of ABC's "World News Tonight," thinks "Nightline's" style is central to its success. "Ted doesn't want to be taken in by the guest's personality. He wants to approach it as the audience does," he says. "He wants all guests to establish their criminals with the public...
Koppel says he's content on "Nightline," and in fact, that he discouraged talk of his replacing the late Frank Reynolds as anchor of "World News Tonight." "I don't think Ted believes that 7 p.m. would be particularly advantageous to him." Shales says, because it would not allow Koppel's interviewing skills to shine...