Payne followed him to the side of the Herald reporter they both knew.

I am blamed for every criminal deed which takes place here, but it is not the truth," he told the Herald reporter.

At that point, Mr. Hart was met by Herald reporters on the street.

In an apparent reference to The Herald reporters, he said, "I am willing to take an oath if the others involved will do the same."

The strike lasted until July 2000, during which many longtime Herald reporters left the newspaper.

The Herald reporter wrote on May 6 that it was "with a sigh of relief" that the audience finally stood to sing the national anthem, "America."

The Herald reporter wrote that "culture yawned" during the speech.

"Abortion, for one," the Herald reporter, a very liberated woman, asked.

"I was shocked," Denton told Herald reporters.

"We're worried that this could become the cool thing to do," Riley told a Herald reporter.