Word: interviewer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past. I don't have influence in Washington and I have not tried to use influence I don't have." In deed, the Libyans seem to have got little from the country slicker from Plains. But Billy was frank enough to admit in an ABC interview: "I would not have been invited to Libya if Jimmy wasn't President. They sought my friendship because I was the brother of the President." Legally, he can now operate as an agent for the Libyans, but he claims he has no plans...
...Rather finished his report, Ford walked into the CBS anchor booth for a previously scheduled interview with Cronkite. It turned out to be a remarkable conversation, somewhat reminiscent of Cronkite's electronic diplomacy in 1977 bringing together Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Ford opened the possibility of returning to Washington if he had "a meaningful role across the board." He added, "Before I can even consider any revision in the firm position I have taken, I have to have responsible assurances...
Barbara Walters of ABC rushed to the CBS booth to line up Ford for an interview of her own. Rumors raced through the hall fueled by television reports, which were in turn fueled by the rumors on the floor. Three politicians and two journalists told Reagan's floor whip, Congressman Robert Michel, that the presidential nominee was about to arrive with Ford. "Where did you hear that?" Michel demanded. Someone replied that Dan Rather had reported it. Michel tried to call the Reagan suite and G.O.P. Chairman Bill Brock, but could not reach either. Then he ran smack into...
Bafaloukos also has a terrific sense of humor that pops up most often when his camera captures the white tourists to Kingston. One idiotically chic couple (he wears an Andy Warhol Interview T-shirt) lock the keys in their car and have to hire a Rasta locksmith. But the clincher comes earlier, at a club restaurant where Horsemouth's band plays fast-paced reggae. A bewildered blond tourist turns to his young bride and exclaims, "This isn't calypso...
Before meeting with Hua, Carter gave an interview on Japanese television designed to ease increasing Soviet worries that the U.S. and China were about to gang up on the Soviet Union. Said the President of the U.S.-China moves: "We believe that this relationship should not be used by either country against the Soviet Union. We should not combine our efforts against another nation, but we should combine our efforts to maintain peace...