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Carsey and Werner have also become experts in a more conventional TV game: appeasing stars with big egos. Both Roseanne and Brett Butler, the star of Grace Under Fire, have driven out a succession of writers and producers with whom they've clashed over scripts. Cybill executive producer Jay Daniel has just been ousted after a falling out with star Cybill Shepherd--she had been trying to assert more control over her series, reportedly even fighting for more close-ups as shows are being edited...
...Such stars "have a lot on the line," adds Carsey. "And any kind of nervousness, insecurity on their part is totally natural and very healthy." The results of their empathetic approach are hard to argue with. Roseanne, though limping, is still a hit show after eight volatile seasons. And Butler expresses undying loyalty: "They helped me fight for my voice," she says. "I would not want to work for anyone else in town...
Many at the Citadel--which over the years has graduated countless members of South Carolina's ruling class--are choosing, like Mace, to be gracious in defeat. Most are simply relieved the battle is over. As Bryant Butler, the 23-year-old Regimental Commander of the Corps of Cadets, says, "Not one male incoming freshman I've talked to said he didn't want to attend because women would be here. As a matter of fact, some said they felt more comfortable now that the decision was made." And when alumni learned of a woman who had been accepted...
...What makes this class unusual is that four of the newly-arrived, newly-shorn"knobs" who lined up are women. By 6:30 the four women and their classmates had marched off to a breakfast of eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and toast followed by a motivational speech from senior Bryant Butler, the head of the Corps of Cadets. "A lone wolf does not make it here.," he told the assembled cadets. "No matter how tough it gets, you rely on each other." Last year, cadet Shannon Faulkner began "hell week" after a federal court order forced open the Citadel's gates...
Still, there are some things that Wills, as he grows older, can learn from his father's hard experience. One is that he cannot rely on others to be discreet. While Charles was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, the wife of R.A. Butler, a Tory elder statesman and Master of the College, introduced him to Lucia Santa Cruz, the daughter of the Chilean ambassador. When the young pair hit it off, the Butlers boasted that Charles had learned the fine points of physical love from Santa Cruz. Another lesson is that however irresponsible his parents became, they at least...