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Associates predict Edelman, in today's speech, will broach her preferred subjects: the plight of America's abused and poverty-stricken children and the necessity for Americans to dedicate themselves to service if there is to be any hope for societal reform...
...would be a different story if Powell's Commencement address were to focus on the issue of gays in the military. Then, a strong argument could be made that his selection was inappropriate. Since it is unlikely that he will broach this issue, I only hope that his address will be heard for what it is--a message from one of the best and most popular soldiers in American history...
...before the screen test, NBC Entertainment president Warren Littlefield, groping for an alternative to Late Night with Conan O'Brien, had called comedian Garry Shandling's manager (who also represents Miller, Carvey and -- this is the dicey, potential-conflict-of- interest part -- Michaels) to broach the Late Night job. According to Shandling's people, NBC was willing to pay him $5 million a year. Last Monday morning, however, Shandling, having dithered for two weeks, turned down the job, and before lunch O'Brien's agent got NBC's phone call: $1 million plus, a one-year contract, take...
There is no need mention the hustling which scholar Cornel West describes as being a crucial part of African-American existence. One dare not broach the ugly, inelegant aspects of negritude. All the disturbing topics are brushed aside with the same nervous smile that seems to flitter about the unasked DuBoisian question, "How does it feel to be a problem...
...White House last week dispatched Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Niles to Ukraine to talk about nuclear weapons; Secretary of State James Baker will follow next week. But Niles was instructed only to listen and not to broach any new American ideas. Congress voted just before Thanksgiving to put up $400 million to help the U.S.S.R. and its republics dismantle nuclear weapons, but the Administration has yet to plan how it will disburse that drop in the bucket...