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...assigned to work on Bosnia are nicknamed "Yugo- slaves." So far, three have quit in the past year out of frustration with U.S. policies. The department's embarrassed high command recently held a meeting to head off any more defections. The solution is to at least reduce the physical discomfort involved in standing by at Foggy Bottom while genocide is committed in the Balkans: the Yugo-slaves will get better lighting and more space...
Others attribute Letterman's reclusiveness to his Midwestern reticence and a sincere discomfort with playing the celebrity game. "It's good taste," says Steve O'Donnell, who spent eight years as the show's head writer. "He doesn't want to lay that stuff...
...Blue; it is an admitted effort by Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, to do network TV's first R-rated series. The pilot episode contains a steamy sex scene with rear nudity, relatively rough language ("You pissy little bitch"), and some strong violence. In the face of affiliate discomfort -- roughly a third of ABC station executives polled at a recent network meeting said they might not run the show -- Bochco said he would consider making some changes: "I'm trying to be sensitive to the concerns without compromising the show...
...tends toward moderation, eschews confrontation. Bovell disapproves of Jacinda Townsend '91-'92, who responded to Kerrigan's flag by hanging a swastika in a window as a share-the-discomfort gesture. "The very attention that Jacinda paid [Kerrigan] made the controversy worse," Bovell declares...
...wants to be the sacrificial lamb. But until more people take the risk of speaking out--and goading Liem into retaliating--the fear and discomfort in Dunster house, no matter how real, may seem more like paranoia or cowardice...