Harry Reasoner
Harry Reasoner
Harry Truman Reasonerwas an American journalist for ABC and CBS News, known for his inventive use of language as a television commentator, and as a founder of the 60 Minutes program...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth17 April 1923
CityDakota City, IA
CountryUnited States of America
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air american-journalist controls forces helicopter maintained opposition variety
A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other.
airplane flying balance
The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter.
growing-up real people
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.
airplane different extroverts
This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts, and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to.
mom baseball apples
Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie....
airplane want events
The thing is helicopters are different from airplanes An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or incompetent piloting, it will fly
christmas christian morning
So if a Christian is touched only once a year, the touching is still worth it, and maybe on some given Christmas, some quiet morning, the touch will take.