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Judge Stecher threw out Webster's plea, saying that Bouton, in expressing his opinion, was protected by the First Amendment. As for Webster's contention that First Amendment guarantees did not apply because Bouton intended to entertain rather than inform, Stecher ruled that the line between the two was simply "too elusive" to define. The judge did concede, however, that "television is essentially an entertainment medium, and its news personnel are often as much entertainers as reporters." Next case...
...after his unpopular dismissal of Schlesinger, $1.5 billion after Ronald Reagan won the Texas primary and $1.8 billion on the eve of his narrow victory at the Republican National Convention. Actually, Ford asked for the $1.5 billion before the Texas primary; the appeal for $1.8 billion was merely a plea that Congress restore money it had cut from the budget. As Carter noted, however, Administration budget experts have admitted writing a $3 billion cushion into the budget to soften any cuts...
...unit so successful, he recently expanded the original staff of four lawyers to nine. The young attorneys (average age: 30) are able to do much of their own investigating, which lets "us go looking for trouble," says Skinner. They use such standard devices as offers of immunity or plea bargaining to get their information, and they have found a new tool: the 1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statutes (RICO). Originally aimed at the Mafia, the laws provide for the seizure of certain of a convicted offender's assets in addition to fines and prison terms...
That is why the code's nine-member review board convenes periodically to examine the ad guidelines as it did last week in Phoenix. Among arguments they heard was a plea from Playtex that ads showing brassieres floating through space or worn over a model's leotard fail to communicate their virtues adequately. Playtex had tested one of the show-it-like-it-is bra commercials that it runs in Europe on U.S. TV recently, and assured the board that the ad was calmly received. But the members, evidently lacking the common denominator for such a sweeping change...
...black striving and the satirical jabs at the white man's culture are songs of love--love between man and woman and between the races. Attack alternates with reconciliation, but it is reconciliation which dominates in the end. "Time Brings About Change" fades into "So Little Time," a plea for universal harmony, followed in turn by "Thank Heaven for You," an old-fashioned love song. Near the end, "Sermon," which prays for an era when Blacks "won't have to fight to keep from fighting," serves as a prelude to "Fighting for Pharoah," which asks the audience to join hands...