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...filling a gap left by the old TV variety shows. With Ed Sullivan, Danny Kaye, Dean Martin and their ilk gone, awards galas are pretty much the only place in prime time where viewers can see splashy musical numbers, stars being "themselves" in a relatively spontaneous setting--and a (dubious) picture of show business as one big happy family. These shows can also be fun. "It's the only live thing on television where you'll see the unexpected," says Dick Clark. "People wait to see somebody's dress fall down, a stumble, a bumble, a faux pas. That...
...They had been under subpoena by both Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr and the Resolution Trust Corporation, but the Clintons had maintained they were lost. The notation in the papers of 60 hours billed by Hillary to the Madison account has sparked further investigation and connected her with the dubious Castle Grande real estate deal...
Meanwhile, Becker, who was paid what he calls a "not exorbitant'' five-figure fee, is valiantly defending his role in this dubious enterprise. Though he admits he had little time to prepare questions, he insists there were no restrictions on what he could ask (outside of four taboo areas: Simpson's kids, his finances, the upcoming civil trial and attorney-client discussions). He also says he kept a copy of the uncut interview and will "blow the whistle" if it is distorted by editing. Asked by Dateline NBC last week whether he felt Simpson had lied to him, Becker replied...
This would still seem to be a dubious strategy, since the male necessarily mates only once. But male redbacks have a short life-span and rarely live long after copulation anyway. "It appears likely," says Andrade, "that one shot is all a redback male gets." By yielding to the female's consuming interest, he makes sure it is his best shot. --Michael D. Lemonick
...companies that deliberately post such material in a way that can reasonably be expected to reach children? Even if it wasn't apparent that it will be almost impossible to differentiate between intentional and unintentional postings on the dynamic medium that is the Internet, punishing deliberate posters is a dubious matter. To begin with, the definition of indecency currently in place is way too open ended and is arguably unconstitutional. There is simply too much valid discourse that can be rendered technically obscene by this bill. For example, since I'm now going to mention the word "penis...