Word: rerun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From an offensive standpoint, the second half was about as exciting as a rerun of MASH. Princeton senior Samantha Sacks added a meaningless goal in the middle of a cornerkick melee. But Harvard didn't pour any more salt on the Tiger's wounds and left the final insult...
...than they once had. Not only has Fox muscled in on the traditional Big Three, but two smaller networks, UPN and the WB, are also vying for viewers. So are dozens of increasingly potent cable channels. Cable made more inroads this summer, when the networks slipped into their usual rerun torpor. The cable industry delights in pointing out that for the first time ever, in the 2 1/2-month period from July through mid-September, the prime-time audience for all basic-cable networks combined exactly matched that of the Big Three...
...dynasty. Carey has spent time before a federal grand jury investigating an illegal scheme to divert union money to his campaign during his 1996 re-election bid, in which Hoffa was narrowly defeated. And it's far from certain that Carey will even be allowed to participate in the rerun election scheduled to begin in January. Hoffa, meanwhile, is out campaigning, raising money, plugging a reformist platform and decrying what he describes as the "biggest scandal in the history of labor...
...Hoffa carries some baggage of his own. His candidacy in a rerun will surely trigger new scrutiny over ties to his father's old allies. According to the book Mob Lawyer by Frank Ragano and Selwyn Raab, James and his wife received thousands of dollars in cash as a wedding gift from Mob-connected associates of his father--a charge Hoffa has denied. And there's also the likelihood that the Independent Review Board that monitors the union will closely scrutinize Hoffa's campaign finances. He raised $3.6 million for the '96 race, including more than $2 million from untraced...
Many union members feel that if the rerun election were held now, Hoffa would win this time. But as Hoffa knows, a lot can happen between now and election day--especially when your last name is Hoffa...