Word: briefers
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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Dillon dinners were worth a star, perhaps two, in the Guide Michelin. Dillon was what bureaucrats call a "quick briefer." He read every cable that left the embassy, demanded hyperaccurate reporting from subordinates. He had a habit (as he still does) of catching up aides on small-but often significant-errors. Eventually, even the Foreign Service pros gave him their respect...
...spokesman and newsmaker. He is releasing not only important news of the White House, but, as a device to limit the questioning, secondary news of the departments as well. Accordingly, he is attracting at every conference many more reporters than Eisenhower's norm." As one solution, Reston suggested briefer questions: "It wouldn't hurt if the reporters learned from Kennedy the arts of brevity and precisions of speech. Many of them are now following the example of the old lady who said, 'How do I know what I think until I hear what...