Word: reno
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This was enough to establish probable cause, even though studies have shown that there are traces of drugs on 97 percent of U.S. currency. In fact, drugstains have even been found on Janet Reno's money. The police seized Jones' money anyway...
Ever since her preemptive grab for blame after Waco, the White House has been leery of Attorney General Janet Reno. Last week Reno canceled Vice President Gore's plan to merge the Drug Enforcement Agency and the FBI. Then, she miffed Administration staffers when she threatened to force networks to curb TV violence. She had discussed her remarks with the White House -- except for that part. "She's very independent," says one official. "The thing you like about her is the thing you dislike about...
...hosts, who compared Shingledecker with the five-year-old alleged to have been under the influence of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head cartoon when he started a fatal fire. And on Capitol Hill, Shingledecker haunted a long-scheduled Commerce Committee hearing on screen violence, where Attorney General Janet Reno took off after a brace of entertainment executives...
...meantime, Shingledecker's death contributed to the extraordinary Senate hearing on Wednesday at which Reno delivered a straightforward threat: if the television industry didn't do something to curb violence in its programs by year's end, she said, government regulation would be "imperative." Some media executives suggested that the Attorney General might be on shaky constitutional ground with her attack. But many nonetheless felt compelled to point the finger at their competitors. And in Hollywood the company behind The Program, Disney's Touchstone Pictures division, announced that it was shipping new prints of The Program without the offending scene...
Attorney General Janet Reno put TV executives on notice that she is willing to use her power to make networks behave more responsibly in regard to the violence in their fare. She insisted the industry "acknowledge" its role by Jan. 1 or face government regulation, which she said was "constitutionally permissible...