Word: newshound
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...left journalism. As Hildy Johnson, not-so-mild-mannered reporter for the Chicago Herald-Examiner, he fights a never-ending battle to prevent truth from getting in the way of a good story. "It's really just a coincidence that I am playing a lot of reporters," the newshound insisted before an opening-night performance that was-what else?-more powerful than a locomotive...
...Rather, 48, the intrepid newshound of CBS's 60 Minutes, had three offers he couldn't refuse. ABC, NBC and his own CBS each sought to make him its evening-news anchorman. Each asked him to help shape its newscast. And each, before the bidding was over, had offered a staggering reward if he would just sign up: $8 million spread over five years...