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...Bradley draft now excite Democrats almost as much as a Mario scenario did several months ago, though some think two Northeasterners on the ticket could be a fatal liability. Jesse Jackson is nominally on the list, largely because he has demanded to be there and has enough clout that he must be. Jackson is the only would-be to get star treatment. While the others interviewed were lucky to get a cup of coffee, Jackson was treated to the four basic food groups and an unassuming California Chablis. After the dinner-cum-interview, Jackson would only comment, "Balanced meal, well...
...Spanish), which have siphoned off a portion of the available audience. The Nielsen ratings, some charge, have long underestimated the Spanish-speaking audience, thus giving the networks less incentive to program for it. Equally problematic is the dearth of Hispanic writers and producers who have the experience or clout to get their projects made. "We're not on the inside, working, developing our craft," says Eduardo Cervantes, a vice president of current programs at Columbia Pictures Television and one of the few Hispanics in a top studio position. Most so- called Hispanic shows are written by Anglos...
...prisons has caused such overcrowding that / some cities have had to release convicted prisoners." Worse, the solutions to these conflicts have tended to be quick fixes. After years of squabbling, Congress finally chose Nevada as a site for nuclear-waste storage, mainly because the state wielded less political clout than the other two contenders, Texas and Washington...
Unlike his predecessors, Roemer is using his new clout to dismantle the pattern of extravagant patronage and spending programs that made Louisiana seem as profligate as a Cajun on an old-time oil-patch payday. The Roemer Revolution is a drastic effort to restore solvency to a state that is, in Treasurer Mary Landrieu's words, "flat broke." In fact, it is worse than broke: it faces a deficit of $1.3 billion. Roemer proposes to reduce the state's historic dependence on oil and energy revenues. Already, the tax-shy legislature has earmarked a 1 cents sales-tax increase...
...three years. ESPN's eight regular-season NFL telecasts last fall garnered the all-sports network its highest ratings ever. Ted Turner is negotiating with NBC to pick up a selection of Olympics events for his Atlanta-based superstation during the Summer Games in Seoul. With its growing financial clout, cable could one day bid for the rights to major events like the World Series -- though whether it could successfully take such events away from "free TV" is doubtful. "It will snow in July before you see the World Series or the Super Bowl on cable," says Herbert Granath, president...