Word: pressing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...whether McCain will serve as a proxy to the press following the debate, Lisaius said, "It'll be hard for [him] to leave the hall without talking to a reporter...
...Indeed, officials at the press conference emphasized that the goals of the search committee and the media are often in conflict...
...where did I go wrong? My biggest mistake was grossly underestimating the weight that would be given to any Gore exaggeration. Going in, he had been warned by the press that he had used up his lifetime allowance of melodrama with his sister's deathbed story, with his claim to being the model for Love Story (he was in part, the author confirmed, but Tipper wasn't) and with his boast that he took "the initiative in creating the Internet" (although even Newt Gingrich says Gore did so in the Congress). Gore is assumed to be exaggerating even when...
...Michael Kinsley didn't provide a real "voter's guide" on Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan, as the title of his piece led me to expect [ESSAY, Sept. 25]. The occasional bone thrown by the press to these candidates by actually mentioning their names never includes details about real issues. We hear daily what George W. Bush and Al Gore plan to do if they get to the White House. I want more information on Nader and Buchanan. ROSE M. RUMMEL-EURY Portland...
...preference against him. In fact, I might point out that, if my experience is any guide, it could be an asset if he's President. I see him sitting next to the Prime Minister on a state visit to Greece. The Prime Minister, being a reader of the American press, is braced to be asked how the Grecians are doing or whether Athens has any major league pro teams. Instead, George W. Bush turns to him and says, in passable Greek, "Does this hotel have any down pillows?" The Prime Minister is charmed...