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...stunned by the strange behavior that landed Mulheren in jail on Feb. 18. Alerted by his wife that he was acting irrationally, police stopped him as he drove from his Rumson mansion and arrested him for carrying a semiautomatic rifle. The police said Mulheren, who has been treated for manic depression, seemed intent on killing Boesky and Boesky's former head trader, Michael Davidoff. Mulheren apparently thought they were linking him to the insider-trading scandal...
Lear is a manic-depressive and reports she is on lithium to control the condition. But she does not blame her disorder for the magazine's stormy evolution. "In the beginning, there was a lack of experience on my part," she concedes. "It was difficult for me to make important decisions." ^ According to several on the 35-member staff, she settled down as the magazine neared takeoff. Initially a bimonthly with a 200,000 circulation, it is supposed to go monthly by 1990 and ultimately grow to 1 million subscribers. Can it? Executive Vice President Marc Liu reports that direct...
...bankruptcy judge, has until May 2 to raise $4 million, get his reorganization plan in place and fend off a lethal IRS threat to remove tax exemption. He is convinced that PTL's all-Gospel cable network can survive by emphasizing viewers' spiritual and practical interests instead of the manic schemes and personalities of the Bakkers. "Money follows ministry," Clark insists. "No religious TV ministry will survive if it is not meeting authentic needs...
Anyone who was on hand for Williams' stand up performance at the Lampoon Comedy Night two years ago will be well aware that his manic comedic talents are nothing short of inspired. In front of an audience the quiet, mild-mannered Williams of private life becomes transfigured into a comic dervish, wildly improvising on audience suggestions in a combination of ultra-free association and vocal impersonation that works quicker than the eye can catch...
...have gone from defense to offense," says David Corvo, executive producer of the new CBS This Morning, "from reductions to production." The manic rebound from depression has its ironies: after laying off 230 news staffers last year, the network has now added more than 100 to handle the increased programming. Cynical insiders note that the departed have been replaced by less expensive newcomers: "Producerettes, we call them," says one survivor. Tisch sees the renewed signs of life as proof that his cost cutting was justified. "It was painful," he says, "but we've come out stronger...