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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 ...

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    Chileans Mourn, Celebrate Former Dictator Augusto Pinochet's Death

    Dec 12, 2006 11:10 PM EDT

    ... FARNSWORTH, NewsHour Special Correspondent: Hi, Margaret. MARGARET WARNER: You were at the Pinochet funeral today. What was it like? Set the scene for us.ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Well, it was held in the military academy that's right across the street here. You can still see some Pinochet supporters and mourners ...

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    Controversial Turkish Novelist Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

    Oct 12, 2006 10:25 PM EDT

    ... between East and West, secularism and Islam. His latest is "Istanbul: Memories and a City," a book of history and personal reminiscence.In 2002, Elizabeth Farnsworth profiled Pamuk for the NewsHour in his home city of Istanbul. Here's an excerpt.ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH, NewsHour Correspondent: Turkey's leading novelist, Orhan ...

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    Extended Interview: Chile's President-Elect

    Jan 25, 2006 05:00 AM EDT

    First of all Chile in the '90s is completely different form the '70s - because of dilemmas and challenges. Some are the same and some are different. First of all, we recovered democracy. We have to develop democracy, the institutions, freedoms, etc.. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: But it was interesting what you were ...

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    Chile's New President Outlines Goals

    Jan 25, 2006 05:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: You mean that's how Nixon Administration saw it -- as communism? MICHELLE BACHELET: Yes but it was a long period when you divided the world between those who were that color and that color and I think life is much more complicated than that, and Latin America has ...

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    Chile Elects First Female President

    Jan 16, 2006 05:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Yeah. Man and women vote in separate places. If their polling place is the same place, they separate them by a long way. And this because when women got the vote -- and this was so ironic yesterday, a lot of women, you know, referred to this, because they ...

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    Singer of Stories

    Aug 08, 2005 04:00 AM EDT

    JIM LEHRER: And before we go, a few words from Ibrahim Ferrer, who died this weekend in Havana. He was a founding member of the Cuban music group known as the Buena Vista Social Club. Elizabeth Farnsworth spoke with him in 1999 after a documentary film made the group internationally ...

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    Shiite Leader Ayatollah Sistani Uses Web Site to Dispense Advice and Philosophy

    Mar 03, 2005 05:00 AM EDT

    ... committee -- give the answer, not him. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Can you tell me what the answer is? WALID SALMAN: If she leaves the first man -- ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Yeah, she leaves her lover. WALID SALMAN: Okay. You can forgive for her. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: By 11:00 A.M. when we visited the ...