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Most common, of course, are those ubiquitous pieces touting the "real- life" story behind whatever fact-based TV movie is airing that evening. This month, for instance, local-news viewers have met the real-life policewomen who filed a sexual-harassment suit against the Long Beach, California, police department (CBS's With Hostile Intent); a real-life near victim of convicted murderer Blanche Taylor Moore (NBC's Black Widow Murders); and the real-life South Dakota woman who bore her daughter's baby (CBS's Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story...
When three policewomen appeared at the family mansion in Karachi late last week to make their arrest, the head of the house appeared defiant. Before being driven away to the police station, she turned to a group of onlookers and scornfully declared, "So, you see that leading a rally is not permitted in Pakistan. Today the government is coming out with its true colors." Thus was Opposition Leader Benazir Bhutto, 33, the popular daughter of the late Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, arrested in a sudden return of repression by President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. It was a backward step...
Thus the japery continued. A week before the wedding Fergie and her close friend and matchmaker, Diana, dressed themselves up as policewomen. Then they stole into Annabel's, a favorite haunt of London's young rich, and giggled at their secret over champagne before vanishing into the night. Not exactly Henry V slipping into disguise to mingle with the troops on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, but when it comes to rallying spirits, it seemed just as good...
When the trial opened last week in St. George's, the island's capital, the proceedings were livery indeed. At one point, Phyllis Coard collapsed on the courtroom floor. As four policewomen struggled to lift the defendant, she shouted, "I've been on a hunger strike for six weeks!" Observed the trial judge dryly: "I must say, her voice doesn't sound like an ill person's." Other defendants, when asked to enter their pleas, loudly challenged the tribunal's legitimacy, and several said they refused to be tried while Grenada was under foreign...
These designs were all paraded in early July, and the authorities promised a prompt decision. The policewomen filled out questionnaires and nominated favorite garments. But what began as an exercise in design and shrewd public relations became a political matter. The Fendis and Guccis, being prominent in the field of fashion and society, have powerful friends at court. Mayor Ugo Vetere, stoutly vowing that no pressuring would be permitted, probably felt several g-forces' worth. Officials took almost half a year maneuvering toward a decision, then announced the results just at the onset of the holidays, hoping that Yuletide...