| For CBS correspondent Dan Rather, knownto millions of TV, iewers as the co-editor of"60 Minutes" and currently as chief editorof "Who s Who." it all began in an obscureTexas college.There a professor had assignedDan and his fellow students the works of acourageous broadcast journalist. " For theworking reporter," the teacher demanded, "what is the most important thing Elmer Davis said?" There was silence in the class- room. Finally the teacher told them: "Don t let the bastards scare you." It was a lesson Dan Rather never forgot-- in Vietnam and in Washington during the heartbreak and shame of Watergate, or while covering the assassinations of John F. Ken- nedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., or climb- ing into the mountain fastness of Tibet to capture for the first time on film the armed soldiers of the People s Republic of China. Now in his candid and charming book, Mr. Rather brings alive the fascinating world |
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