brzezinski was thrust on the world stage as national security adviser to president jimmy carter. the first order of business, learning how to pronounce his name. he sent out a handwritten note, name how to spell and pronounce dr. big knew brzezinski. where i screwed up, the w should be an f, they spelled it wrong on your book. spell that. z b igniew. [ bell ]. you are by far the best guess we have ever had as far as accumulated scrabble points. soon enough big knew brzezinski did big a household name, something only possible in america. when i was sworn in with the cabinet members, i walked from that to my new office and i said to myself, from now on, for the