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...News President Lawrence Grossman says there was no debate within the network over whether to agree to Abbas' secrecy request. "It's critical that people know about terrorist leaders and what their plans are and what they are like," says Grossman. According to Correspondent Henry Champ, it took two months for NBC to make contact with Abbas and secure his consent; other than asking that his location not be revealed, Abbas set no conditions for the interview, which took place two weeks...
...likely to inspire news organizations to write fresh guidelines about interviewing terrorists or cutting deals with fugitives. Such rules can never cover all possible contingencies anyway. Nonetheless, greater care should be exercised to ensure that a terrorist does not use the interview simply for his own means. If Correspondent Champ asked tough, probing questions of Abbas--about the murder of Passenger Klinghoffer, for example--the televised excerpts did not reflect it. NBC may have won a scoop, but it lost the larger battle for first-rate journalism...
...Crimson, which finished in a first-place tie with a 15-3 record in 1985, shared third place with Cornell--behind league champ Navy and runner-up Columbia...
...Wisconsin--currently ranked first in the country after defeating five-time defending national champ Washington earlier in the year--held off Radcliffe to secure the victory...
AARON CARLOS GIVES a lackluster performance as the strong and relatively silent Nick, a problem compounded by his slight build and hennaed hair, which do not fit the image of the All-American middleweight champ on the make. This is disconcerting, but rarely diverts our attention from the drama of George and Martha...