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Bill Clinton wants to see better children's shows on TV--or else. Over the weekend his aides were wrangling with broadcasters over a "voluntary" agreement to run three hours of educational programming on each station each week. (FCC chairman Reed Hundt's attempt to mandate such a rule ended in a deadlock between Republican and Democratic commissioners.) Clinton hoped to announce an agreement Monday at a White House conference where such advertisers as Pizza Hut, Lego and Reebok would voice support for the new educational shows. But if broadcasters balked, Clinton had a hammer: he threatened to appoint...
...then, Dole--and the speech--had left for the airport, and campaign manager Scott Reed had to play catch-up. He reached Dole by telephone and relayed Gingrich's gripes. As usual, Dole would make the final call. As usual, there was no one on the plane with the stature to persuade him to stick to the script, or to suggest that maybe the needs of Gingrich and Barbour no longer match those of the nominee. And though he faced what should have been a simple choice between listening to his gut or listening to a Speaker with an approval...
...thinks he can afford to do so." Dole has enraged the NRA by reneging on a pledge to repeal the assault weapons ban. The organization, which claims 3 million members, says it will now concentrate its efforts on Senate and congressional races. Dole has also upset Ralph Reed, the influential executive director of the Christian Coalition, by supporting the GOP's decision not to allow conservative Pat Buchanan to address the convention in San Diego. Buchanan, who is still officially in the running, is vowing to speak on the sidewalk if not permitted into the convention hall. Birnbaum notes that...
This was great for Bauer, who has long labored in the shadow of the other baby-faced Christian activist, Ralph Reed. Yet Bauer professes to be mystified by Dole: "We prayed together in his office recently, and I gave him a lot of help on his Hollywood speech." By making the fight personal, Dole got everyone so caught up in skirmishing that most of the coverage missed the central fact that Dole hasn't changed his commitment to ban most abortions--or the actual party plank--one iota. That's the beauty of making a friend an enemy, however temporarily...
...master the instrument, study the greats such as Monk and Ellington and dress and comport yourself with the dignity the music deserves. Though the battle for the music's soul goes on, the success of other young jazz stars in the '90s, from saxophonist Joshua Redman to pianist Eric Reed, is proof of Marsalis' influence. "I've played 150 concerts a year for 15 years," he says. "It helped to rebuild the jazz audience. Younger musicians see you play, and they get inspired to practice. Older musicians, maybe their confidence has sagged a little, see the younger generation coming...