Word: wbz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inquisitions were broadcast on WBZ-TV. "The intent was not to humiliate," insisted News Director Stan Hopkins, but the effect was precisely that. Hartley and Democratic Congressman Edward Markey could not identify the Prime Minister of Israel (Yitzhak Shamir). Markey came close: he guessed Moshe Arens, who is the Defense Minister. Bartley alone failed to get the name of Syria's President (Hafez Assad). Republican Elliot Richardson, a former Secretary of Defense, estimated the military's share of the budget (28%) at just 7.5%. All seven Democrats were stumped by the toughest questions they were asked: the amount...
This was the first debate since the already-infamous WBZ-TV interviews last week in which some of the candidates could not answer questions such as "Who is Israel's prime minister?" and "Whom does the U.S. support in Nicaragua and El Salvador?" Turner asked Bartley, who was embarrassed when he could not answer any of the four questions on last Monday's broadcast, what he thought of the questions' "fairness...
...nonsense voter appeals. Said Sawyer: "Everyone agreed we had to do something dramatic." Six days before the primary, Glenn taped a five-minute address in the home of a Nashua, N.H., supporter, urging voters to display their Yankee independence. The unedited videotape was rushed to Boston's station WBZ by helicopter seven minutes before its scheduled broadcast time. The spot was expensive (about $25,000 in air time for eleven showings), but well received, according to viewers polled afterward. Apparently it did not enough potential sup-Sighed Sawyer: "It's hard to the sensible center...
...have 3400-3500 rowers competing in 700 boats. The racing begins at 9:30 a.m. and runs until the conclusion of the last event, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. The course starts at the Boston University boathouse and runs three miles upstream past Harvard to the WBZ tower. Jerry Olrich, a long-time race veteran, recommends the Weeks Bridge for optimum viewing as it is the approximate half-way point in the race...
...poll, analysts say, for the first time raises the possibility that Finnegan--long considered a shoo-in for the final--may finish third and fail to make the runoff. The former School Committee chairman and WBZ-radio talk show host has been hurt because many voters feel his campaign lacks substance...