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ATLANTA: The post-Ralph Reed Christian Coalition returns to its roots today at the organization's annual convention. The weekend meeting will be held in Atlanta, far from Reed's Washington stomping grounds, as new leaders Don Hodel and Randy Tate look to re-energize a group that has hit a wall in its drive to expand its influence over American politics. "Movements of this kind rise or fall on whether the leadership can continue to have active folks down at the worker bee level," TIME's Laurence Barrett says. And, he adds, in the last eight months other factions...
...auction. The broadcasters got better than a good deal on the new frequencies (effectively, a second channel for each of the nation's 1,500 TV stations). They got them for free. "The largest single grant of public property to a single industry in this generation," grumbles FCC chairman Reed Hundt, who favored an auction of the spectrum space...
...gentler terms: "Cookbooks are a great way for celebrities to do a biography without having to do a tell-all." South will help Patti LaBelle, who was been known to rustle up a mean meal on the road, dish out her culinary secrets next year. Even a reed-thin celebrity who was never seen in an apron will do. Or at least her cook will. Scribner's most recent deal is with Jackie Onassis' chef of 25 years, Marta Sgubin, whose book will also be coming out next year. One celeb with a full menu is Sarah Ferguson, whose cookbook...
...Hodel, the newly-anointed president of the Christian Coalition, makes his first major public address Tuesday, at the National Press Club in Washington. Coalition-watchers will look for clues about life in the post-Ralph Reed era. Our bet: Hodel comes across as reasonable and mainstream, rendering the Coalition more palatable to GOP moderates...
Most recently, Allen bigfooted Walter out of the way to explore a merger with SBC Communications, Inc., the largest of the regional Bells. The talks collapsed amid unofficial hints from FCC chairman Reed Hundt on the order of "Are you nuts...