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Swaggart was not the most disinterested recipient of such news. Although something of an entrepreneur on his own, Swaggart had made no bones about his contempt for Bakker's "Christian Disneyland"; what's more, Bakker had taken Swaggart's show off the PTL cable network. (Swaggart says the squabble was over time slots; PTL defenders insist Bakker wanted to eliminate Swaggart because of his sharp attacks on Roman Catholicism...
...heavily on the negotiating record, ignoring assurances made to the Senate during ratification. Special irritation was reserved for the way Sofaer quoted documents and sources out of context. In a courtroom, says Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn, such sleight of hand would warrant an "admonition from the judge, maybe a contempt citation...
...lawmakers and the prosecutor agree on how to extract the testimony: grant limited immunity, which would protect Poindexter and North from being prosecuted on the basis of their statements. If they then refused to talk, they could face imprisonment for contempt of Congress. But the Senate and Walsh disagree over timing: the Senators want to expedite their Iranscam hearings. Walsh has asked that immunity be delayed for at least 90 days to give him time to build a case to indict Poindexter and North...
...another matter, one source said the Senate committee is expected to begin civil contempt proceedings against retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard Secord, who has refused to sign an order directing overseas banks to make available records from any accounts he might control...
...final victory of the resourceful Chinese over the crafty foreigner, and the ability of the Chinese to know how to act without having anyone lose face." The tale that ecologists were using airplanes to drop vipers into the woods of Perigord (as prey for endangered hawks) expressed provincial contempt for ecologists as impractical outsiders. "No one bothered to ask whether it wouldn't be cheaper to rent a car or truck to release the snakes," says Kapferer, "or whether the snakes would survive a fall from an airplane...