Making the news, taking the news : from NBC to the Ford White House / Ron Nessen.

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.

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Veteran reporter and Washington insider reflects on personal experiences and public events in the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s.

English.

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