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    On Thursday's NewsHour...

    Jan 21, 2010 10:11 PM EDT

    ... reaction to Secretary of State Clinton's speech on internet freedom from Rebecca Mackinnon, a fellow at the Open Society Institute; former NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses her film about the quest to bring Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet to justice, which just won a Dupont-Columbia Award; and an interview ...

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    Merce Cunningham, 90, Modern Dance Master

    Jul 27, 2009 05:52 PM EDT

    ... On the simplest possible level, it opens up things I wouldn’t have thought of…” Cunningham explained in a 1999 interview with NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth, “Chance does this for anybody. You can toss the coin about something in your daily life. And you do what it says, and you ...

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    Revered Choreographer Merce Cunningham Dies

    Jul 27, 2009 04:00 AM EDT

    ... in his youth. But when he enrolled in what is now called the Cornish College of Arts in Seattle, his first interest, he told Elizabeth Farnsworth in a 1999 NewsHour interview, was theater. MERCE CUNNINGHAM, dancer-choreographer: I went principally to be in the theater about being an actor, but ...

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    'Angela's Ashes' Author Frank McCourt Dies at 78

    Jul 20, 2009 10:45 PM EDT

    ... Catholic childhood," abandoned by an alcoholic father, losing three siblings to disease and malnutrition, and stealing to support his mother and remaining brothers.Our Elizabeth Farnsworth spoke with McCourt when his book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. She asked him to read an excerpt.FRANK MCCOURT: "I think my ...

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    Frank McCourt, Irish Memoirist, Dead at 78

    Jul 20, 2009 06:45 PM EDT

    ... your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.” NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth spoke with McCourt in 1997 about his first autobiography, “Angela’s Ashes,” which focuses on growing up in abject poverty. At the time of ...

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    Obama to Push Stimulus Plan with GOP Lawmakers

    Jan 27, 2009 03:30 PM EDT

    ... The stimulus could be brought to a vote within a few days in the Senate, where Republicans hold enough seats to mount a filibuster.Stephen Farnsworth, a professor of political communications at George Mason University, told Congressional Quarterly that President Obama's trip to the Hill is about more than ...

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    Preview for Next Week ... and a Thank You

    Dec 19, 2008 06:00 PM EDT

    ... take a moment to thank the small but energetic team that’s doing all the real work — especially Tom LeGro, Mike Melia, Vanessa Dennis, Meghann Farnsworth, Molly Finnegan, Katie Kleinman, Zoe Pollock and Zack Seward. It’s been interesting to me to see the first batch of stories we’ve ...

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    Chilean History Examined in 'The Judge and the General'

    Aug 19, 2008 10:40 PM EDT

    ... One of its co-producers is someone well-known to the NewsHour audience, our long-time correspondent and colleague -- and I should say friend -- Elizabeth Farnsworth. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH, Former NewsHour Correspondent: Good to see you, Jeff. JEFFREY BROWN: Nice to have you here. What drew you to the story of ...

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    Famed Mime Marcel Marceau Dies in France

    Sep 24, 2007 10:50 PM EDT

    ... character, Bip, in his white face, top hat, and red rose. Always silent on stage, offstage Marceau often talked about his art, including to Elizabeth Farnsworth on the NewsHour in 1999.MARCEL MARCEAU, Performer: I like to reveal to the essence of the weight of our soul, the inside of ...

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    Early Media Coverage Focuses on Horse Race

    Jun 12, 2007 03:30 PM EDT

    ... at George Washington University.During the 2000 election, 71 percent of network television stories about the presidential election were horse race-style features, wrote Stephen Farnsworth and Robert Lichter in their 2003 book, "The Nightly News Nightmare."This campaign season, the trend has continued.Almost nine out of 10 stories ...