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...counted a success -- and not just d'estime. The show has proved that original, challenging and idiosyncratic fare can be done for TV, even within rigid network confines, and that people will tune in. Twin Peaks is, in fact, the culmination of a surprisingly fruitful season for offbeat, formula-breaking shows. ABC's Elvis, though a failure in the ratings, deconstructed the rock king's life into fresh, evocative snippets of biodrama. Fox's The Simpsons put an off-kilter, animated spin on TV's portrayal of the family, while Fox's The Outsiders, at least in its early episodes...
...Council. "We need legitimate economic alternatives so people don't look only to the casinos for hope." Besides trying to monopolize the profits from casinos, critics claim, the Warriors are seeking to protect cross-border trading operations worth $100 million annually. U.S. and Canadian officials are searching for a formula that would restore peace to the reservation. But so far they have been oddly reluctant to involve Mohawks directly in their talks. Last week 30 provincial, state and federal officials gathered in Montreal to discuss the future of the tribe. Not a single Mohawk leader was present...
...homeland within Natal. And some of Buthelezi's policies make sense. Mandela's adherence to socialism seems outdated compared with Buthelezi's advocacy of free enterprise. The Zulu chief's repeated calls for compromise are now being loudly echoed by Mandela. And Buthelezi's pioneering Natal-KwaZulu Indaba, a formula for black-white power sharing in local government, is a concept that could be tried nationally...
When Raymond Dunn Jr. was born 15 years ago, he had an undersize brain, was severely retarded and was allergic to all foods except one -- Gerber Meat- Based Formula. Designed for babies who could not tolerate foods based on cows' milk, the product was canceled in 1985, when soybean formulas displaced it. That threatened disaster for Raymond, who still could not eat anything else. His mother Carol Dunn of Yankee Lake, N.Y., made an appeal to Gerber...
Since then, the company has been in constant contact with Dunn, giving her its remaining stock and notifying her of new formulas that her handicapped son, who weighs only 31 lbs., might tolerate. Last week 20 members of Gerber's research and development teams volunteered to produce batches of the formula for Raymond free of charge. Says Gerber spokesman Jim Lovejoy: "Our purpose has always been helping parents with their children...