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Scholars interviewed are united in their condemnation of the Senate's procedure and say that the case was turned into a circus...
...wacky hybrid of sporting event, game show and Roman circus, American Gladiators has developed a strong cult following among both adults (who root for the amateur challengers) and kids (who cheer on the cartoonlike gladiators). Ratings have nearly doubled since the show debuted two years ago, making it one of the top five weekly hours currently in syndication. Says gladiator Dan Clark, better known as Nitro: "For the spellers, you've got Wheel of Fortune; for the guys who go shopping, you've got The Price Is Right; for the athlete, you've got American Gladiators...
...took his place behind the green-draped table to answer questions. But this time his pain had given way to raw anger. "I would like to start by saying unequivocally, uncategorically, that I deny each and every single allegation against me today." He called the hearing a travesty, a circus, a national disgrace. During his two days of testimony, Thomas returned repeatedly to a central theme of his rebuttal: that he was the victim of a racially motivated attack. "I cannot shake off these accusations because they play to the worst stereotypes we have about black men in this country...
...something happened last week that may, for better or worse, permanently destroy all that comity. Senator Hatch opened the hearings in disgust, saying that if the Democrats had only asked for a closed executive session, the committee would have been spared its Friday circus. Senator Alan Simpson, who usually manages to hide his meanness behind an Andy Rooney facade, warned Hill that she would be "injured, and destroyed and belittled and hounded and harassed -- real harassment, different from the sexual kind, just plain old Washington-variety harassment." What debates over the budget, arms control, abortion or the gulf...
NATION: The Ugly Circus...