Years of minutes / Andy Rooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rooney, Andrew A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalists--Biography.

Journalists.

Journalism--United States.

Journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Public Affairs, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Andy Rooney has been at it for twenty-five years. It's time to celebrate. So here's the ultimate gift for every Rooney fan: an illustrated collection of Rooney's very best pieces from a quarter centur

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; 1982; True/False Test; Cookbooks; Space Shuttle; Credits; Weather; Twofers; Tanks; Maps; Gloves; Fast/Slow; Dumb Letters; Car Names; 1983; You're Fired; Travel Folders; Teethbrushes; Report Card; Reagan's Budget; Age Limits; Catalogues; Dairy Subsidies; 1984; Dog Show; Famous People; Hiding Places; Good Statistics; Be Kind to Politicians; The Debate; Politics; Recipes; Telephone Books; 1985; Jaywalking; Superbowl XIX; Shopping Carts; Valentine's Day; Army, Inc.; Thank Yous; Funerals; Driveways; Ice Cream Cones; Geneva Peace Plan; Geography; Moving the Office

Professional ProductsE. B.White; Helmets; Traffic; Magazine Covers; Worn Out; Football Uniform; 1986; Sports Fans; Spies; Presidents; Pill-Bottle Cotton; No Fault; Magazine Page Numbers; Iran/Iraq; Drug and Truth Tests; Datebooks; How-To Books; The Moon; Muscles; Pennies; Walking; 1987; Drinks; Baseball versus Football; New Products; Supreme Court; Season Slip; Medicine Cabinets; Treaty; Photography; Super Bowl XXI; Talkers; U.S. Embassy; Appliances; How to Carry Money; Arms Control; 1988; Too Much; Warning Labels; Money for Sale; Paint; Free; History Unknown; The IRS; Escalators

Cigarette SmokingAstrology; Good Things; Pockets; 1989; Please Cover Up; What's in the Package; Do It Yourself; The Fine Print; Food for Thought; Where's the Elevator?; How to Play Baseball; The Right Tool; Get Healthy; The Price of Gas; On Your Vacation; Without; Lock It Up; Can't Eat It; 1990; Good and Bad Shapes; Pocket Full of Papers; Problem Sleeping; The Return; The Pitchman; High Prices; Census Bureau Forms; Lithuania; Joggers; Crime Stories; Iraq; Iraq Experts; Time Goes By; Arab Dress; Getting Started; Ballgame Food; Beauty Parlor Names; The Cost of Ingredients; Uniforms

The Sound of SilenceOver Population; 1991; Ready for War; War; The End of the War; Gulf War Ads; SenatorAlan Simpson; U.S. Postal Service; Church Architecture; Minorities; TV Rules; Baseball Analyst; Harry Reasoner; Clarence Thomas; Soviet Disunion; The Homeless; Sexual Harassment; Sexual Harassment Response; Labels; Bills; Letter to the President; 1992; Progress; Education; Drug Companies; Presidential Families; Movie Critics; Political Platform; Neighbors; Rodney King; Campaign 1992; The Rodney King Tape; Medical Bills; Baseball and the Debates; Election Quiz; The Plum Book; The Election

SomaliaThe Royal Family; 1993; Matisse; The Clinton Inauguration; Clinton's Plan; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Base Closings; School Books; Snow; New Stories; Cigarettes; Waco, Texas; Mike Wallace's Birthday; The Rich; Health Care Plan; Octane; Camp David; Cigarette Taxes; Warren Buffett; Ghostwriters; Letters; College Football; Shoe Size; 1994; Classified Ads; Television Magazine Shows; Ex-Presidents; Roman Numerical; Byron De La Beckwith; The Spy Game; Charles Kuralt; Kurt Cobain; Kurt Cobain Reaction; The Worst Inventions; Tobacco Company Executives; Medal of Honor; Sports Seasons

Women's Magazines

Notes:

Essays adapted from the author's commentaries on the television news program, 60 minutes.

ISBN:

1-280-87099-0

9780585482020

9786613713001

1-58648-616-0

0-585-48202-0

OCLC:

769344271