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Tim Russert spent his career teaching his fellow journalists — even when he didn’t know it.
The NBC newsman, who died Friday at 58, was kind enough to invite me and a group of high-school students I was mentoring to the "Meet the Press" set four years ago to watch a live taping, followed immediately by a Q&A session.
Minutes before he was scheduled to go on the air, Russert strode toward the risers filled with star-struck teenagers and asked if any of them had any questions. The kids, thrown off balance, sat on their hands. About a half-minute later, Russert wished them well and took his seat at the desk.
When the show ended, the students, now fully prepared, got ready to impress their host.
They never got the chance. Russert had arranged a last-minute fishing trip with his son and as soon as the camera light went dark, he bolted.
At first, I was disappointed. But on the bus trip back to George Washington University, where we were staying, it dawned on me that Russert had provided us with an invaluable lesson: Never pass on an golden opportunity. Never. If you have one minute to gab with someone important, don’t waste it hemming and hawing, sputtering for an autograph, begging for a photo. Have a conversation, one that matters. You never know if you’ll have another chance.
Russert built his career on that philosophy. There was never a wasted microsecond on "Meet the Press," which he hosted for 17 years. It was a solid hour of breathless, no-nonsense talk, and it was no accident that no other Sunday-morning news show was responsible for more scoops and substance.
"There were a lot of powerful people in Washington that didn’t want to go on his show, but they knew they had to," said U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who appeared on the show during her 2006 run for office. "That’s the kind of credibility and force he had." Klobuchar knows a few things about journalism. Her dad, Jim Klobuchar, was a longtime Star Tribune columnist and sportswriter. The senator remembered telling Russert recently that her dad had covered the famous game between the Vikings and the Buffalo Bills that ended with fans of the losing Bills tossing snowballs at the players.

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1. I feel that it’s unfair to identify someone as one of 50 of the worlds most beautiful people if they are achieving their looks artificially. Not just for Vanessa Williams, but for anyone on the list that has had anything done. Maybe drug tests should be administered, medical records checked, or, documents signed by the honoree’s stating that they have not had any work done whatsoever to achieve their “most beautiful people” status. The image being portrayed is not real, people, women and men alike, without healthy self esteem in place, will perceive themselves as inadequate, or, not as beatiful when trying to compare themselves to those of the same age, race, and sex, if the person being displayed is not “organic”. I like the Dove campaign to show what “real” women look like. Thanks for listening.
Bonnie Parker at 3:20PM on Feb 25th 2008
4. Beauty should be natural and not obtained by a DR. Most hollywood women are so fake and are held up to the rest of us women. So I guess all the rest of us who can’t afford to buy beauty are ugly. They make me sick. Especially her, a disgraced Miss America.
jan at 3:33PM on Feb 25th 2008
5. Honesty? How refreshing. good for her to admit to it–and why not? It’s nothing to be ashamed of.
wandawanda70@hotmail.com at 3:34PM on Feb 25th 2008
7. Vanessa is indeed on of the worlds most beautiful people. She takes care of her self inside and out. Her true beauty shines from within. She is a women walking out her God given destiny. Her Spirit and Soul are even more beautiful than her Physical apperance! Bless You Lady!
Dr John Manley Luckey at 3:56PM on Feb 25th 2008
9. I am 44 years old. Botox, fillers, peels, what ever it takes. Maybe that can have a most beautiful 50 with no botox - However everyone on that list would be under 35. I will use Botox until I have to pull a Joan Rivers
Sam at 4:04PM on Feb 25th 2008
11. So many jealous people… I hate to break it to you, but many of you could bypass botox and go under the knife, and you still wouldn’t be considered as beautiful as her. Botox and surgery aren’t magic pills idiots!
jerry at 4:24PM on Feb 25th 2008
13. At 47, I’ve opted for Botox and Restalyne since 45. People always think I’m in my 30s. However, I don’t want liposuction or collagen lips. Too painful, and I know too many women who regret these procedures. One’s lips look like she was popped a good one by Mike Tyson.
julie smith at 4:54PM on Feb 25th 2008
14. Kudos to Vanessa Williams.
She is and always has been
grounded. Long may she reign!
James Otto at 5:11PM on Feb 25th 2008
15. What an insecure mentality underneath the exterior of a great beauty.
Botox doesn’t beautify anybody; it’s supposed to freeze you so you don’t smile or frown too big, thus somehow making you younger. Memo to Vanessa: You look 44. Get your priorities straight.
Henriette at 5:12PM on Feb 25th 2008
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