If Men Can Run The World, Why

Some Of My Colleagues Want To Be The Anchorman On The Mount. Others See Themselves As The Ace Reporter. Because Of 60 Minutes, There's A Whole Herd Of Them Determined To Be The Grand Inquisitor And A Heady Number Want Only To Be The Friendliest Anchor On The Block. At Least One Wants To Be Jesus.

I Want To Know Why, If Men Rule The World, They Don't Stop Wearing Neckties.

Putting People In A Room And Strapping Wires To Their Wrist To Find Out If I Make Them Tingle When I'm Telling Them About Beirut Is A Long Way From Edward R. Murrow.

Some Of The Qualities That Go Into Making A Good Reporter - Aggressiveness, A Certain Sneakiness, A Secretive Nature, Nosiness, The Ability To Find Out That Which Someone Wants Hidden, The Inability To Take 'no' With Any Sort Of Grace, A Taste For Gossip, Rudeness, A Fair Disdain For What People Will Think Of You And An Occasional And Calculated Disregard For Rules - Are Also Qualities That Go Into Making A Very Antisocial Human Being.

I Was Raised By And Have Raised People Who Regard Telling One Story When Two Would Do As A Sign Someone Is Not Really Trying.