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MIRANDA RULES? Thanks to Hill Street Blues and Homicide, we all know our Miranda rights ("You have the right to remain silent"). Now the Supreme Court plans to review this 1966 ruling. If it's overturned, how would TV cops deal with life after Miranda...
...STRANGE JUSTICE (SHOWTIME) Historical TV movies must be staid. They must tie up loose ends. Above all, they must take no artistic risks. Showtime's Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas docudrama broke all those rules, telling the Rashomon tale that launched the he-said-she-said decade with arresting images and a stubborn refusal to take sides...
...SANTANA Supernatural (Arista). Let's face it: most '60s rockers have headed out to pasture. But with a little help from his friends (Lauryn Hill, Everlast), 52-year-old Carlos Santana stayed alive by renewing the formula that once took him to the top: blues, Hendrix-style guitar work and chugging Afro-Latin rhythms. Rock history, written by lightning fingers...
Beyond the religious significance of Christmas, I have always loved its tacky excesses: the plastic decorations, chain-store elves and TV spectaculars that feature talking reindeer, children's choirs and ads with Santa flying down a hill on a Norelco razor. But a couple of years ago, I had a midnight epiphany at Wal-Mart. Weighed down by sporting equipment and plastic toys, I realized that I had bought more gifts than anyone on my list could want or need and that it wasn't good for their spirits--or mine...
...folks at McGraw-Hill, who keep the averages, are a secretive bunch. They didn't explain why Laidlaw, an obscure Canadian company, got the ax and Yahoo got in. But one thing is certain. If this index is going to maintain its integrity as a diversified assemblage of our industrial might, there are more Yahoos ahead. They might not all have the same pop as Yahoo, in part because much of Yahoo is closely held. But because of the newness of some of the candidates and how much is owned--and not traded--by venture capitalists, the pickings here could...