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Author:
Nessen, Ron, 1934-
Title:
Making the news, taking the news : from NBC to the Ford White House / Ron Nessen.
Publisher:
Wesleyan University Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
ix, 243 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Nessen, Ron,--1934-
Television journalists--United States--Biography.
Presidential press secretaries--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Contents:
Introduction -- The Mal Jaune -- Golf in Palm Springs, death in Saigon -- "You lied to me" -- Weekends in Austin -- "We shall overcome" -- A change of plans -- The five o'clock follies -- Baptism by fire -- Cindy and the Two Apple Troupe -- Tet and other horrors -- "I don't want to die" -- The cease-fire that wasn't -- Around the world in eighty stories -- "Nattering nabobs of negativism" -- "Our long national nightmare is over" -- The President next door -- Changing sides -- The first days -- The ghost who wouldn't go away -- The First Lady -- "WIN" and other economic disasters -- Too much vodka, too much Nicole -- Slippery slopes -- The CIA did WHAT?! -- Speech writing or speech fighting -- Kicking around Ron -- Testing the President's resolve -- Stumbles and changes -- To Helsinki and beyond -- Nine lives -- "Ford to New York : drop dead!" -- State of the world, state of the Union, state of my marriage -- "Live from New York" -- Ford vs. Reagan -- "One actor is enough" -- Swine flu and other maladies -- Does the Soviet Union dominate Eastern Europe? -- The race to the wire -- The end.
ISBN:
0819571563 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780819571564 (cloth : alk. paper) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)712117795
LCCN:
2011017892
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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