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James Poniewozik spent last week at the broadcast network "upfronts", where the nets unveil their fall schedules, mainly for the delectation of ad buyers, to whom they try to pre-sell advertising "up front." Read his daily dispatches below...
...upfronts, which take place this week, are the New York City presentations where the broadcast networks unveil their fall schedules, mainly for the delectation not of the critics but of ad buyers, to whom they try to pre-sell advertising "up front," on the basis of what the networks annually promise will be the greatest season of public entertainment the world has known since the days of Aeschylus, and generally ends up with John Goodman playing a gay guy and trading insults with Orson Bean. Held in tony venues like Radio City Music Hall, the presentations involve elaborate stage presentations...
...final rally began, Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56, who has been a vocal supporter of the campaign, called in to express his support, which PSLM member Amy C. Offner '01 broadcast over the P.A. system...
Even before the film Traffic broadcast its bleak evaluation of the war, things had begun to change at the state level, where overburdened criminal-justice systems handle most drug offenses. In the past four years, states have passed 17 of 19 proposed ballot initiatives that loosened tough drug laws. While Congress shows little interest in repealing stiff federal "mandatory minimum" drug sentences, some 700 drug courts have been created or are being planned by various states to shepherd narcotics abusers through treatment rather than prison. Utah and Oregon curtailed police powers to forfeit the assets of suspected drug users. Nine...
...memory of what happened. They're both vivid. They're both awful." It's not a satisfying answer, especially from a politician revered for his candor. While much of the public has sympathized with Kerrey, this week he has to weather the hard charges being broadcast on 60 Minutes II, and his heroism is likely to be forever tainted by the doubts they raise. Kerrey professes not to care, since he never wore the hero's mantle well, or to fear the impact on a political career he says he has renounced...