gamer
n.— «Bradley, best known for his stint on the CBS newsmagazine show “60 Minutes,” a run which began in the 1981-1982 season and lasted until the month before his death, was what some journalists call a “gamer.” He was at ease and capable out in the field, first covering the 1965 Philadelphia riots, later as a rookie reporter for the CBS News Paris bureau and then a war correspondent during the Vietnam conflict, sustaining a shrapnel wound in Cambodia.» —“Ed Bradley, 1941-2006″ Yes! Weekly (Greensboro, North Carolina) Nov. 21, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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