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>> i think it would be difficult. i was 16 years old when i went to work at "the washington star." i was able to get hired for two reasons. one, i had taken typing with the girls in high school so i could type about 90 words a minute. second, i had a kind of perseverance and i kept knocking on the door of the production editor of the paper who hired me eventually. he might not have had a choice or otherwise i wouldnt have gone away. i kept knocking on his door. >> i love that. anybody who wants ...

I was not much of a stylist when i was still in high school taking a class of typing with the girls, but i learned to write. also, i learned to write on deadline, which you did, too. its an afternoon paper. we had five editions a day to put out. i learned to write off the top of my head and dictate the story from a phone booth. i had gone to jack kennedys press conferences to dictate -- you know, they give you a piece of paper with a transcript of jack kennedys press conference that i would dict...

What a time to be there. i interned at "the star" in the summer of 72 and remember the atmosphere. kind of a mix between the front page and what newspapers are now, somewhere in the middle. but the incredible exhilaration of when the presses started and you just felt the excitement. you write, of course, that you got your job there because you were such a great typist. you had taken typing in high school with the girls, and you had learned to type 90 words a minute and that was extremely useful....

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Its just the same here i as what they are at the bbc. denis norden always says there�*s a sitter and a pacer, there�*s someone typing and someone walking about. and i would sit there scribbling or typing, and john would walk around, waggling his glasses. what a lovely audience! where are they? oh, there they are. yes _ never mind, theyll do. i saw them arriving on the coaches. did you really? _ yeah, with their blankets over their heads. - # my short—term memory�*s shot to pieces # and i...

Class with the girls, he called me up a few days later and said, boy, you didnt tem me you could type like that. and i could type 90 words a minute and thats how i got hired. >> i love it. >> federal prosecutors filing charges against 11 members of one of the groups accused of playing a central role in january 6th. >> the attack on the u.s. capitol. as justice correspondent pete williams reports investigators say they were planning for even more violence after the siege. >> reporter: its the mos...

>> he is a handsome dan who got hit with that band. dan bongino. he questioned effectiveness up mask which is a violation of the misinformation policy. his account was suspended, which they say he tried to avoid by posting on another channel but they booted him. he has been knocked up more platforms than a fighter on american gladiators. joining us now is the ripped rebel himself, dan bongino. dan, how are you doing? >> im doing good. why are you wearing a tie. i just finished my radio show and ...

The decision on the typing and the sort of courtesy to the white house, the political courtesy of giving them a few months more than they might have otherwise had. >> well, i think ron klain, the white house chief of staff, justice byron whites retirement letter, and he followed him with him, at the time of the clinton white house,hi he called him ov and he said, here, i want you to take this to the president, and i think that was in february, because i think i had the misfortune to be away. and...

The two ronnies to mike yarwood. when morecambe and wise switched from the bbc to itv, he and john junkin wrote their scripts. weve been so looking forward to working with you! come this way. its just the same here - as what they are at the bbc. denis norden always says theres a sitter and a pacer, theres someone typing and someone walking about. and i would sit there scribbling or typing, and john would walk around, waggling his glasses. what a lovely audience! where are they? oh, there they ar...

Police department, scrambling to manage that flood of tips about leafy peterson, ambers phone call was a barely defendable ruffle. did they call you back? readily >> no. >> so the next day she called again. and looking over the dispatches shoulder at just the right moment, was detective burkini. >> i just happen to be standing, and she was typing in, i could see the name amber fry she said scott petersons my boyfriend. >> youre seeing? all >> this im seeing all. this is that are you talking? her...