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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
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Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.
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The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat if there is a place to sit, sit if there is a restroom, go.
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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