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...crimes and grisly violence, a small but growing number of news operations are trying to stand out by taking a different tack: playing down violent crime, eschewing graphic footage and trying to make their shows "family sensitive." At least 11 stations -- in such markets as Seattle, Miami, Albuquerque and Oklahoma City -- have adopted this kinder, gentler approach since the beginning of the year...
...there ((on Rostenkowski's staff)) who really had a good moral compass," says a former House staff member. "Or maybe, to be fair, he never had anyone courageous enough working for him who'd come up to him and say, 'Boss, you can't do that anymore.' " Former Oklahoma Congressman Wes Watkins, who retired four years ago, says a friend once offered him a useful epigram about Washington: "There are some that go to the Capitol and grow, and some that go there and swell." He adds, "Some get power hungry and arrogant, and that leads to corruption." Which kind...
...however, as Congress seeks new ways to finance health coverage for the uninsured, the tax subsidy is losing its untouchable status, especially among members of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, who are working to draft a bipartisan alternative to the Clinton health plan. Two key Democrats, David Boren of Oklahoma and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, last week endorsed a health- reform bill sponsored by Republican Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island that would limit the tax subsidy and use the saving to help the working poor buy health insurance...
...night before David Boren officially declared last week that he will leave the Senate to preside over the University of Oklahoma, he got a congratulatory call from President Clinton. The President was "really happy" for Boren, he said. But Clinton's feelings were probably much more complicated than that. While the President will be sending off an often rebellious Democratic colleague who opposed him on last year's budget bill, Boren could be replaced by an even more consistent foe: a Republican. Coming just eight weeks after Senate majority leader George Mitchell announced that he will not seek another term...
...danger. With 22 Democratic Senate seats now up for election, compared with 13 in the G.O.P., the Democrats' 56-to-44 majority is in grave danger. With the sudden loss of proven vote getters such as Mitchell and Boren, the Democratic sure-bet states of Maine and Oklahoma are thrown into the toss-up column. As a result, political strategists can envision an outcome that could leave Democrats with nominal but not effective control of the Senate...