[They] will fearlessly commit both parties to favor mother love and the protection of the whooping crane, and to oppose the man-eating shark and the more unpopular forms of sin.
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I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.
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Birth: | 10th July, 1920 |
Death: | 11th June, 2003 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Newsreader, Writer |
David McClure Brinkley was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election-night coverage for ABC News. Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He wrote three books, including the critically acclaimed 1988 bestseller Washington Goes to War, about how World War II transformed the nation's capital.
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