Howard K. Smith, the Glossary

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1. 91 relations: ABC World News Tonight, Adolf Hitler, Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles), American Jewish Congress, Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, Barbara Walters, Battle of Ia Drang, Berchtesgaden, Berlin Diary, Bethesda, Maryland, Bill Lawrence (news personality), Breaking news, Bull Connor, CBS, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Conservatism, Democratic Party (United States), Edmund Burke, Edmund Muskie, Edward R. Murrow, Emmy Awards, Escape from Sobibor, Face the Nation, Ferriday, Louisiana, Frank Reynolds, Freedom Riders, George McGovern, Gore Vidal, Harry Reasoner, Heinrich Himmler, Hollywood blacklist, Iron Curtain, Joseph Goebbels, Ku Klux Klan, Letterhead, Los Angeles Times, Louisiana, Lyndon B. Johnson, Maine, Marin County, California, Mississippi, Murrow Boys, Nashville (film), Natchez, Mississippi, Nazism, Network (1976 film), New Orleans Item-Tribune, News presenter, ... Expand index (41 more) »

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ABC World News Tonight

ABC World News Tonight (titled ABC World News Tonight with David Muir for its weeknight broadcasts since September 2014) is the flagship daily evening television news program of ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network in the United States.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award

The Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award honors excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in the public service and is considered one of the most prestigious awards in journalism.

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Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)

The Ambassador Hotel was a hotel in Los Angeles, California.

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American Jewish Congress

The American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) is an association of American Jews organized to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts.

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Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and pronounced dead the following day.

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Barbara Walters

Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Howard K. Smith and Barbara Walters are ABC News personalities and American television news anchors.

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Battle of Ia Drang

The Battle of Ia Drang (in English) was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), as part of the Pleiku Campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foot of the Chu Pong Massif in the central highlands of Vietnam, in 1965.

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Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich.

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Berlin Diary

Berlin Diary ("The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934–1941") is a first-hand account of the rise of Nazi Germany and its road to war, as witnessed by the American journalist William L. Shirer.

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Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Bill Lawrence (news personality)

William H. Lawrence (January 29, 1916 – March 2, 1972) was an American journalist and television news personality whose 40-year career as a reporter began in 1932 and included a 20-year stint (1941–61) with The New York Times, for which he reported from major fronts of World War II, Korean War and, subsequently, as the newspaper's White House correspondent. Howard K. Smith and Bill Lawrence (news personality) are 20th-century American memoirists, ABC News personalities and American television news anchors.

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Breaking news

Breaking news, also called late-breaking news, a special report, special coverage, or a news flash, is a current issue that warrants the interruption of a scheduled broadcast in order to report its details.

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Bull Connor

Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973) was an American politician who served as Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, for more than two decades.

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CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut.

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Concordia Parish, Louisiana

Concordia Parish (Parroquia de la Concordia; Paroisse de Concordia) is a parish that borders the Mississippi River in eastern central Louisiana.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher who spent most of his career in Great Britain.

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Edmund Muskie

Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951.

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Edward R. Murrow

Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. Howard K. Smith and Edward R. Murrow are American radio reporters and correspondents, American war correspondents and CBS News people.

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Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.

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Escape from Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor is a 1987 British television film which aired on ITV and CBS.

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Face the Nation

Face the Nation is a weekly news and morning public affairs program airing Sundays on the CBS radio and television network.

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Ferriday, Louisiana

Ferriday is a town in Concordia Parish, which borders the Mississippi River and is located on the central eastern border of Louisiana, United States.

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Frank Reynolds

Frank James Reynolds (November 29, 1923 – July 20, 1983) was an American television journalist for CBS and ABC News. Howard K. Smith and Frank Reynolds are ABC News personalities and CBS News people.

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Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.

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George McGovern

George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.

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Gore Vidal

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit.

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Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner (April 17, 1923 – August 6, 1991) was an American journalist for CBS and ABC News, known for his adroit use of language as a television commentator and as one of the original hosts of the news magazine 60 Minutes (1968–1970, 1978–1991). Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner are ABC News personalities, American television news anchors and CBS News people.

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Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German politician who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany, and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, primarily known for being a main architect of the Holocaust.

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Hollywood blacklist

The Hollywood blacklist was an entertainment industry blacklist put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States during the early years of the Cold War, in Hollywood and elsewhere.

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Iron Curtain

During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain was a political metaphor used to describe the political and later physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.

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Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945.

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Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.

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Letterhead

A letterhead is the heading at the top of a sheet of letter paper (stationery).

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Louisiana

Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Howard K. Smith and Lyndon B. Johnson are 20th-century American memoirists.

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Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.

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Marin County, California

Marin County (Condado de Marín) is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Murrow Boys

The Murrow Boys, or Murrow's Boys, were the CBS radio broadcast journalists most closely associated with Edward R. Murrow during his time at the network, most notably in the years before and during World War II. Howard K. Smith and Murrow Boys are American radio reporters and correspondents and CBS News people.

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Nashville (film)

Nashville is a 1975 American satirical musical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Robert Altman.

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Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez, officially the City of Natchez, is the only city in and the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States.

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Nazism

Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

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Network (1976 film)

Network is a 1976 American satirical black comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky.

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New Orleans Item-Tribune

The New Orleans Item-Tribune, sometimes rendered in press accounts as the New Orleans Item and Tribune, was an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, in various forms from 1871 to 1958.

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News presenter

A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet.

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Newsroom

A newsroom is the central place where journalists—reporters, editors, and producers, associate producers, news anchors, news designers, photojournalists, videojournalists, associate editor, residence editor, visual text editor, Desk Head, stringers along with other staffers—work to gather news to be published in a newspaper, an online newspaper or magazine, or broadcast on radio, television, or cable.

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Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass.

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Paul K. Niven Jr.

Paul Kendall Niven Jr. (September 20, 1924 – January 7, 1970) was CBS television journalist and presidential debate moderator.

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Paul White (journalist)

Paul Welrose White (June 6, 1902 – July 9, 1955) was an American journalist and news director who founded the Columbia Broadcasting System's news division in 1933 and directed it for 13 years. Howard K. Smith and Paul White (journalist) are CBS News people.

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Peabody Awards

The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in all of television, radio, and online media.

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Punch and Judy

Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr.

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Radio Television Digital News Association

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA, pronounced the same as "rotunda"), formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), is a United States-based membership organization of radio, television, and online news directors, producers, executives, reporters, students and educators.

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Red Channels

Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television was an anti-Communist document published in the United States at the start of the 1950s. Howard K. Smith and Red Channels are Hollywood blacklist.

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Red Scare

A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise, supposed or real, of leftist ideologies in a society, especially communism.

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Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer.

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Robert J. Serling

Robert Jerome Serling (born Jerome Robert Serling; March 28, 1918 – May 6, 2010) was an American novelist and aviation writer.

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Roone Arledge

Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. (July 8, 1931 – December 5, 2002) was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s.

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Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

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Sigma Delta Chi Award

The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) (formerly Sigma Delta Chi) for excellence in journalism.

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South Dakota

South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.

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Stuart Novins

Stuart Novins (March 30, 1914 – December 7, 1989) was an American television journalist. Howard K. Smith and Stuart Novins are CBS News people.

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a 1982 American musical comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Colin Higgins (in his final film as director).

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The Best Man (1964 film)

The Best Man is a 1964 American political drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with a screenplay by Gore Vidal based on his 1960 play of the same title.

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The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman is an American science fiction action-adventure television series created by Kenneth Johnson based on the 1972 novel ''Cyborg'' by Martin Caidin and starring Lindsay Wagner, that aired from January 14, 1976, to May 13, 1978.

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The Candidate (1972 film)

The Candidate is a 1972 American political comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle, and directed by Michael Ritchie.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)

The Odd Couple (titled onscreen Neil Simon's The Odd Couple) is an American sitcom television series broadcast from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975, on ABC.

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The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again is a 1976 comedy film.

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The President's Plane Is Missing (film)

The President's Plane Is Missing is a 1973 American TV movie directed by Daryl Duke with a screenplay by Ernest Kinoy and Mark Carliner based upon the Robert J. Serling 1967 novel of the same name.

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The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper

The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper is a 1981 American crime thriller film about infamous aircraft hijacker D. B. Cooper, who escaped with $200,000 after leaping from the back of a Boeing 727 airliner on November 24, 1971.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States presidential primary

Each of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and territories of the United States holds either primary elections or caucuses to help nominate individual candidates for president of the United States.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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V (1983 miniseries)

V (or V: The Original Miniseries) is a two-part American science-fiction television miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson.

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V (1984 TV series)

V (also known as V: The Series) is an American science fiction television series that aired in the United States on NBC from October 26, 1984, to March 22, 1985.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator.

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William L. Shirer

William Lawrence Shirer (February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist and war correspondent. Howard K. Smith and William L. Shirer are 20th-century American memoirists, American radio reporters and correspondents, American war correspondents and CBS News people.

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William S. Paley

William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990) was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States.

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1972 United States presidential election

The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972.

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7th Cavalry Regiment

The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment formed in 1866.

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See also

Alcee Fortier High School alumni

• Aeneas Williams
• Alcée Fortier High School
• Ashley Ambrose
• Bernie Darre
• Dave Treen
• Howard K. Smith
• John Kennedy Toole
• Kevin Lewis (defensive back)
• Matthew Teague
• Maurice Hurst (cornerback)
• Russell B. Long
• Tony Washington (offensive lineman)
• Tory Collins
• Victor Gold (journalist)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_K._Smith

Also known as Howard K Smith, Howard Kingsbury Smith, Smith, Howard K.

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