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...Attorney General Janet Reno announced several weeks ago in a news conference that arrests of teenagers for violent crimes dropped 9.2 percent last year, the reversal of a steady increase in juvenile crime between 1987 and 1994. Since 1994, almost every state has passed legislation giving adult courts jurisdiction over certain crimes committed by juveniles and reducing the maximum age jurisdiction of juvenile courts. Many will undoubtedly attribute Reno's good news to these "adult time for adult crime" measures levied at young offenders rather than the recovery of our economy from recession. They will also use her announcement...
...JANET RENO Just the facts, ma'am. A.G. toughs it out before a bunch of sound-bite-seeking pols. She stands...
...WEEK BEGAN with a bang and ended with a bear. The explosion was the sound of the Justice Department?s first salvo against Microsoft?s mighty monopoly. As Janet Reno and her trusty second-in-command Joel Klein stormed the ramparts of Redmond in search of the secrets of Internet Explorer 4, their mightiest weapon was the threat of a million-dollar-a-day fine if Bill Gates didn?t play nice...
However, the major flaw of Waco: The Rules of Engagement is its failure to extend its blame past the ATF. The film concentrates on the ATF to the almost complete exclusion of any other influences. There are few glimpses or references to Attorney General Janet Reno, and even fewer to President Clinton. What role, positive or negative, did these figures have in the conflict? The film fails to provide an adequate answer...
Plus the damn things groove. Artists seeking more control of their music often forget what first made them appealing. Witness Janet Jackson's cringingly self-conscious The Velvet Rope, an album so calculated to seduce that its emotional accessibility is roughly that of your average glacier. The last thing Salt 'N' Pepa would do is forget to have...