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...plan, says Clark, is to research and impeach the new witnesses--witnesses the prosecution believes Cochran mentioned merely to create a fog of reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors at the outset of the trial, even though he knows their testimony will not survive cross-examination. ``Let me tell you this,'' says a bemused Clark. ``This was not the typical first week of a murder trial...
...baronies for life. Torn between the demands of the Speaker and those of his chairman, a lowly Congressman had no choice but to side with the one who could make his life more miserable -- and that was rarely the Speaker. As Speaker, Gingrich appoints all chairmen, and from the outset he demonstrated that he won't hesitate to discard once sacred rules of seniority if they keep him from appointing those who will more closely follow his vision and authority. With the term limits for chairmen the House approved last week, Gingrich ensures a whole crop of would-be successors...
Warner and Paramount, the two newest entrants in the network derby, see Fox not as a nemesis but as a network to emulate. Just as Fox did at the outset, each has cobbled together a lineup of affiliates composed largely of independent uhf stations. Like Fox, each is starting modestly, with one or two nights of programming, and plans to expand gradually to additional nights. Moreover, both are trying to reach the same audience that Fox has made its specialty: teens and young adults, particularly males...
...million and $75 million in the first year alone. Also, unlike Fox, which was able to scoop up relatively strong independent stations in a number of markets when it began, Warner and Paramount have had to settle for the weaker leftovers. Paramount seems in the better position at the outset: it has signed up 96 affiliates (covering 79% of the country), and is promising advertisers an optimistic 7 rating (nearly what Fox now averages in a typical week), largely because of high expectations for its Star Trek series. Warner, which has confirmed only 43 affiliates thus far but says more...
What a mess in Washington too. From the outset, Bill Clinton's Bosnia policy has been equal parts wishful thinking, domestic politics and bluff; now it has virtually disintegrated under the pressure of the Bosnian Serbs and quarreling presidential advisers. The Serb triumph at Bihac has brought home the extent of Washington's failure and opened a bitter debate about what to do next. "Our policy is in complete disarray," admits a senior official. The debacle on the battlefield left the White House, senior Administration officials and a leading legislator separately enunciating contradictory positions...