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AFTER THE WARMING (PBS, Nov. 21, 8 p.m. on most stations). Environmental documentaries continue to pour forth like acid rain. This one is sparked by a lucid, witty host, James Burke (Connections), who "looks back" from the year 2050 to see what disasters global warming has wrought...
...Gender Gap? When it came to the "woman factor," the patterns were just as difficult to discern. This was supposed to be the year that women candidates would pour into office in record numbers. More women were running for top posts than ever before: eight each for the U.S. Senate and governorships, 67 for the House of Representatives. With few exceptions these candidates were experienced politicians who had worked their way up through the system and established networks of support that might carry them into high office at last...
...this business is that developers love to develop. Real estate people simply lost control because there was so much money available." Concurs Richard Kateley, chief executive of Chicago's Real Estate Research Corp.: "The '80s were like a carnival, with foreign investors, banks and pension funds all competing to pour money into developers' pockets...
...Secretary Robert Mosbacher told Bush to veto the budget plan and run hard against Democrats. Secretary of State James Baker opined, "Get out of this as quickly as possible." Heeding Baker, Bush accepted the compromise deal. Embarrassed White House officials, including some who contributed to the problem, tried to pour cold water over rescue-mission reports. But as one longtime Bush adviser acknowledged, "Bush hates handlers, but he needs them...
...stock collapse has shaken Japan's giant banks, which raise vast amounts of capital on the market by issuing shares and pour money back in for investment purposes. As the value of their shares and portfolios plunged, the banks cut back their lending, contributing to the worldwide capital crunch. "The golden age of Japanese financial institutions is over," says Masaharu Usuki, a government economist...