Walter Cronkite
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In 1974, a public streak was held on Cumberland Avenue after Walter Cronkite named Knoxville the ‘Streaking Capital of the World,’
But the fact is that these students don’t know about that part of my life. That happened a long time ago. My students haven’t even heard of Walter Cronkite.
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College Football's Games of the Century: Tricky Dick's Trick Play
AP Photo In 1969, President Nixon was the decider of the national championship By Michael Weinreb on May 16, 2013 O n the first Friday of December 1969, as Walter Cronkite prepared to report on the emerging details of the My Lai massacre and on the occup from ESPN Read more »
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Perfectly Frank: A fascinating video glimpse inside the studio as Sinatra records “It Was a Very Good Year”
The singing legend died 15 years ago today. Herewith, a great piece of television, from a special Walter Cronkite hosted to mark Frank Sinatra’s 50th birthday in 1965. They don’t make singers like this anymore. And they don’t do televis from Patheos Blogs Read more »
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Dear President Nixon, I mean, Obama
Long ago, according to legend, Lyndon Johnson is reputed to have remarked about Vietnam, “If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.” He was an astute politician and understood that if you alienate the media and the p from Patheos Blogs Read more »
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Tuesday - May 7, 2013
THE PALEY COLLECTION ON EXHIBIT The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism will be on exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art from May 2 - September 8, 2013. This spectacular exhibition of modern art showcases 61 works from the renowned William from NBC WCSH6 Portland, Maine Read more »
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Walter Cronkite and the Future of the Kitchen in 1967
But the real surprise are the “cups and saucers [that] are molded on the spot.” Of course, the point is not to improve or automate the kitchen but to get rid of it altogether and transfer all cooking to public spaces. As the yard must be replaced by the from The Stranger Read more »
