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...deflected by questions about their own prospects and record in office. In a week when Bush faced hecklers at a gathering of POW and MIA families, quayle gritted his teeth and denied that he was on the brink of being dropped from the team. When he turned up on CNN'S Larry King Live to repeat that line, however, he seemed to provide his own escape clause. "Believe me, if I thought that I was hurting the ticket, I'd be gone," he said -- even as new polls showed that half or more of voters would approve if Bush dropped...
...lead over Bush in the polls, many Republicans last week stepped up their calls to dump Quayle. No sooner had Bush publicly stated that Quayle's spot on the ticket was "very certain" than the Vice President handed fresh ammunition to his critics. Asked by CNN'S Larry King what he would do if his daughter, now 13, were grown and had an unwanted pregnancy, Quayle replied that he "would counsel her and talk to her and support her on whatever decision she made." That seemed to leave open the option of abortion for her, though the Vice President...
...have heard recently. Press hotels, press buses, filing centers, poolside chats among journalists on the road with the president--all become an echo chamber of rumor upon hearsay upon possible story idea. And the reporters are constantly pushing sources for something, anything, that The Post or The Times or CNN does not have...
...homes. The controversial decision is a major victory for phone operators, which will now be able to transmit TV shows, movies, sports and news formerly carried only by cable and broadcast networks. They will also be allowed to acquire a financial stake of up to 5% in programmers like cnn, Walt Disney and even cbs. The ruling is expected to pave the way for new consumer services, including interactive television and home shopping, and to lower cable rates by promoting more competition. In return for the new freedoms, phone carriers must open their networks to all comers...
Overheard in the media work area while CNN's marathon coverage blared four women standing in front of Madison Square Garden singing a horrendously discordant version of "If I had a Hammer." "I'm glad I'm in print," one reporter said...