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Consisting of comments on the events covered in the book and on the life of the author himself, the film featured interviews with Halberstam’s friends, including Bob Woodward, Neil Sheehan ’58, and Joan Didion. Those interviewed reflected on Halberstam’s integrity, presence, and journalistic tenacity...
Halberstam, Woodward recalled, was endowed with a “raw skepticism” that made him an effective investigative journalist. “He didn’t give a rat’s ass about the reaction that powerful people had about [what he reported]. In fact, he was glad if they were mad about it,” Woodward said...
...olden times, mainly the late 1990s, faith in Greenspan's omnipotence was expressed almost exclusively in positive terms. He was the "maestro," as Bob Woodward dubbed him in a best-selling book; the senior member of the "Committee to Save the World," as this magazine put it in a 1999 cover story; the Federal Reserve chairman who didn't just preside over the longest economic expansion in U.S. history but also was credited with somehow willing it to happen...
Kilpatrick insists he can win reelection in 2009. In the meantime, he must win back the confidence of several key constituencies - starting with older black voters like Charles Paschell, 80. Standing outside one of the few supermarkets on one of the city's main thoroughfares, Woodward Avenue, Paschell said he was initially attracted to the mayor's youthful energy. Now, however, his view has changed. "He's a mayor - he's got no business acting like he's been [doing]," Paschell says. "I'd like to see a young person make us look good...
...Gates III ’56, Myron T. Herrick ’57, and Jedediah H. McLane ’58—were killed in a fire during a ski trip in Canada, and two more—Winthrop P. Smith ’58 and John J. Woodward ’59—were found dead both due to “apparent suicides,” according to a Jan. 5, 1956 Crimson article...