Word: jacksons
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There is something to be said for Clinton's playing the race and religion card, in a modified Swaggart mode. Risky, but consider: Clinton appears on TV flanked by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Billy Graham, the reverends arranged like pastoral bookends in full supportive body English. Clinton, voice husky, sincere, speaks to the camera about the weekend of soul searching he has just spent with Jesse and Billy; speaks about his brother's drug addiction and about (here goes) his own long troublesome addiction, which is sex; subtly blames his childhood, the alcoholic home; implies the sins...
WASHINGTON: Get ready for the Bill Gates Show. In one of the most bizarre twists of the antitrust action against Microsoft, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson agreed Tuesday to turn Chairman Bill's forthcoming deposition into a spectator sport. Lawyers for several media companies had resurrected an obscure turn-of-the-century law that says such occasions "shall be open to the public as freely as are trials in open court." And try as he might to ignore it, Jackson had to admit that the statute still stands...
...ironed out. And boy, are there ever logistics -- how many people to admit and the thorny issue of ordering everyone out when Gates starts talking about company secrets. As Rule complains, "any level-headed person in the DOJ should see the need to protect confidentiality." Given that Jackson ruled that Microsoft should let the public in "to the extent space is reasonably available," perhaps Gates should think about holding his deposition in a closet...
Danny Roman, a hostage negotiator for the Chicago police (Samuel L. Jackson), is falsely accused of corruption and murder. He becomes a hostage taker, hoping to put pressure on his bosses to clear his name. He'll talk only with his one equal in this dangerous line of work, Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey). Two strong actors in a strong situation: a recipe for a taut, tense, smart movie. And for a while The Negotiator is just that, with a genuinely puzzling mystery built in (if Roman isn't the killer, who is?). But Hollywood doesn't trust talk, particularly...
...that as it may, in the likely event that the case proceeds to trial September 8 as scheduled, you can expect to hear some of Bill Gates's views. The über-honcho had tried to limit the length of his August 12 deposition, but Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson said he'd just have to hang in there for as long as it takes. Microsoft was also ordered to hand over the source code for Windows to the DOJ and the states for examination. Second set, Microsoft serving...