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...separate meetings on Jan. 29 with White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum and President Clinton, the illegal-alien issue was pressed a second and third time. In each instance, Wood denied any problem. Six days later, the vetting process began in earnest. Wood sent her household-employment records by overnight express to Washington, at which point Administration lawyers say they learned about the baby-sitter. They feared that while her hiring in 1986 was legal, it might pose problems during the confirmation hearings. The information was passed to Nussbaum, who asked Wood for details. On Friday, Nussbaum met with Wood. After...
...suddenly, an enormous amount is riding on it. NBC, the onetime kingpin of prime time, has seen its fortunes turn sour almost overnight. Its biggest hit of the '80s, The Cosby Show, took early retirement last spring, while several other veterans -- The Golden Girls, Matlock and In the Heat of the Night -- were given their unconditional release. (All were later picked up by rivals.) The network's last remaining Top 10 hit, Cheers, will call it quits at the end of this season; highly regarded younger shows like Seinfeld have not lived up to ratings expectations; and with the loss...
...Moynihan pooh-poohs Clinton's plan to lower capital-gains taxes for new business investments only: "Smart lawyers could 'break up' an existing company to create 'new' businesses almost overnight...
...time for a desperate gesture. They announced a hunger strike to win their freedom, in an effort to protest what they see as an immigration double standard. The Haitians watched angrily as 48 Cubans who hijacked an airliner out of Havana earlier this month were released almost overnight. Hundreds of black Haitians -- who risked a 600-mile sea voyage in rickety boats to flee an often cruel military rule -- have been detained for months while their asylum claims are reviewed...
...recover. "People have a right to manage their own economic affairs as they see fit, and that's what executives have been doing," says communications director George Stephanopoulos. "But I don't think there are many Disney executives across the country who can do $200 million in stock options overnight. It's an isolated case...