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...Known for her extensive educational background, her strong feminist ideals and her five-foot stature, Shalala stands proud of her accomplishments...
Because of his family's blue-collar background, Russert had to work to put himself through college and law school. "For four summers, I picked up garbage, delivered the Buffalo News, made pizza, drove a cab," Russert told George magazine recently. "That was my summer vacation...
Russert joined NBC News that year, hoping to put his legal training and governmental background to use in media. He was hired as vice president and assistant to the president of NBC News in New York. By April 1985, he was working behind the scenes, supervising the "Today" show's live broadcasts from Rome...
...William Kristol '73, editor of The Weekly Standard, says it is Russert's political background that is his greatest asset during interviews. "He's more perceptive of politicians," says Kristol, who first met Russert when the two worked together for Moynihan in 1976. "He asks more interesting questions because he has been in their shoes...
...laughed. "The Facebook was our only bathroom reading material. I knew you were Shannon Erynne Washington of Our Lady of Mild Senility High in Toledo, photographed against a mountain background holding a trumpet...