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...Moynihan-with his long forelock that seems forever (and designedly) askew, his cherubic face, well-upholstered 6 ft. 4 in. frame and congenital inability to resist controversy-he can be counted upon to enliven the Senate with rhetorical flourishes worthy of such famous orators as Daniel Webster or even Everett Dirksen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From an Irish Pat to a Dixy Lee | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

Mike, you're invited too: and win or lose, we're gonna pahdy hahdy (but be prepared to lose). Always remember: "We are a small school, but there are those of us who love it." (Daniel Webster) Joshua A. Muskin

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kangaroo Court | 11/2/1976 | See Source »

Arnsparger, who was one of the more intellectually-minded coaches in the league, took over New York's helm after the Giants had gone 2-11-1 under "Rah-Rah" head man Alex "Red" Webster, himself a former Giant. Only eight holdovers are left on the Giants' 43-man roster from Webster's 1973 squad, as Arnsparger undertook a complete house cleaning...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: EI Sid | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

That is what Judge Martin B. Stecher of the New York State Supreme Court has done in a case involving Jim Bouton, a baseball pitcher turned TV sportscaster (and now TV series actor). In 1971 Bouton enlivened one of his news spots by taking an interview with Alex Webster, then the coach of the stumbling New York Giants football team, and running part of it backward on the air with no sound. Webster was not amused by the gimmick, which made him look like a demented Donald Duck. Claiming that he had been portrayed as a "dullard and a stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Show Biz or News Biz? | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

Judge Stecher threw out Webster's plea, saying that Bouton, in expressing his opinion, was protected by the First Amendment. As for Webster's contention that First Amendment guarantees did not apply because Bouton intended to entertain rather than inform, Stecher ruled that the line between the two was simply "too elusive" to define. The judge did concede, however, that "television is essentially an entertainment medium, and its news personnel are often as much entertainers as reporters." Next case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Show Biz or News Biz? | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

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