Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CMwas a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth29 July 1938
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
running adventure canada
Canada join the United States? Where would young Canadians run off to for adventure? Where would Americans run to escape?
effort littles canada
Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.
support flying mexico
Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there wasn't a shred of credible evidence to support the claim that a flying saucer crashed here. It didn't matter that there were no credible witnesses to alien bodies.
important world bills
We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.
father done life-is
The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.
essentials connections politician
It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.
arguing scholar
Scholars will argue with each other about everything.
conventional-wisdom conventional knows
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
country secret president
[President Bush should] quit hiding behind the Secret Service, come out and face the nation and explain his failure to protect the country.
loving-you hey my-family
Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'..
mean good-day may
There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!
believe flying driving
I believe there are unidentified flying objects, I'm just not sure who's driving.
groups damn industry
There's a whole industry of conservatives saying, 'Ah, it's those damn liberals,' and a whole group of liberals saying, 'It's all those damn conservatives.'...
thinking atheism way
Do you think in many ways, sir, you're the victim of circumstance now?