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...bookstores. Jacob Weisberg used it as Exhibit A in a much discussed New Republic piece about the alleged decline of editing standards in book publishing. To be sure, Auletta's 600-plus-page account could use trimming. But his writing is never less than serviceable, and usually quite lucid. A bigger problem lies in the subject itself. Each of the episodes Auletta recounts -- Tisch's fight to gain control of the CBS board, ABC News president Roone Arledge's battle to keep 20/20 on Thursdays at 10 p.m. -- was once a hot topic in media circles. Today they seem more...
After the controversy flared in the press, Matthiessen insisted that his quarrel is with the Turner organization and not with Daniel Quinn or Ishmael. "It's not a novel yet," he says of the winner. "It is an extremely clear and lucid presentation of valuable ideas that deserve a hearing." As for Quinn, he calls his victory "a Cinderella story, complete with the stepsisters howling at the side." Whether any of this will affect the Turner Tomorrow Awards is impossible to predict. It's hard to know what the future will bring...
...late-night analysis program (Nightline) and the deepest bench of star correspondents. During the war, that army of talent simply outgunned its rivals. The network boasted the most coolly authoritative anchor (Peter Jennings), the sharpest interviewer (Ted Koppel) and the best military analysts (Tony Cordesman, General Bernard Trainor). For lucid wrap- ups of the day's events, ABC was the place to turn -- and judging from its wide lead in evening-news ratings during the most heavily watched weeks, the place most people did turn. When ABC ran a late-night rebroadcast of General Norman Schwarzkopf's victory briefing...
Another liked the poem. "Your piece is marked by balance, dimension and remarkable clarity," the critic wrote. "Poignant expression and lucid meaning. Interesting diction and scholarly tone. Good luck...
...along the way, Richardson gives a richly informed and lucid account of the dynamics of Picasso's growth, neither sparing his failures nor losing sight of his quintessential Spanishness. The story pulls like a locomotive and can only gather more energy in volumes to come. If its promise is sustained, Richardson will be to Picasso what Richard Ellmann has been to Joyce, or Richard Holmes to Coleridge...