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With such a constituency, can the merchandisers be far behind? There are Barney dolls (shhh! It may be a surprise for somebody special, but President- elect Bill Clinton reportedly just bought a 4-ft.-high model from F.A.O Schwarz) as well as Barney bed sheets, books, earrings and underwear. JC Penney has opened Barney boutiques, which sell everything from jogging outfits to necklaces. "It's going to be the hottest toy this Christmas, because every two- to five-year-old child in America knows who Barney is," says Standard & Poor's toy analyst Paul Valentine. Next year Hasbro intends...
...President-elect names four insiders to top economic posts...
TRUE TO HIS CAMPAIGN PROMise, Bill Clinton resolutely kept his focus on domestic affairs when he announced the first appointments to his Administration; they were all members of his economic team. But much as the President-elect might have wished it otherwise, the world outside was already closing in on him. Like most newcomers to the Oval Office, Clinton is quickly learning the power of international events to set the President's agenda...
...abroad. It may well be that although the outgoing Administration has saddled him with foreign ventures he might prefer not to have just now, he does not disapprove of any of the steps Bush either has taken in Somalia or seems about to take in Bosnia. If the President-elect objected seriously to them, he could say so -- and possibly force Bush to draw back. But whether Clinton does so or not, he no longer suggests that domestic and economic affairs will be able to command all, or almost all, of his attention as President...
...difficulty of controlling leaks from within the Clinton camp is that some of them are apparently coming from the putative nominees themselves. The logic behind this gambit is to lock in one's selection with the press before the President-elect has a chance to reconsider. Clinton advisers contrast the alacrity with which Bill Bradley took his name out of the vice-presidential race last summer with the New Jersey Senator's palpable eagerness to be considered for Secretary of State. Another proven reputation-enhancement tactic is to float your own name for a job for which...