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...roots coalition, he has spearheaded a guerrilla campaign in the courts, Congress and the media to drive the old-growth timber industry out of business. "Social change comes with social tension. We will do anything that's legal, anything," he says. "The more heat I take as a lightning rod, the better it is for this issue...
Sununu, on the other hand, is a natural lightning rod. He is not only willing to take heat for the President but "loves to take heat -- and gives as good as he gets," says New Hampshire G.O.P. Senator Warren Rudman, a Sununu friend. As Bush's bad cop on environmental issues, Sununu drew the fire of the Sierra Club and other activist groups, which denounced him for consistently siding with corporate polluters. They scarcely mentioned Bush, even though Sununu was only carrying out the President's policies. Such loyalty is prized by all chief executives, but especially by George Bush...
When he's ready to hit the word processor, McGuane heads out to his office, a freestanding shed with a porch overlooking the banks of the Boulder River. By the door is a fishing rod he keeps just in case the trout start to jump. Fishing, McGuane explains, is just another way for him to stay in touch with the "spirit and poetry of the natural world." Maintaining a primal connection to the environment is essential to McGuane, for both his peace of mind and his work. "I feel strongly that writers need to be some place," he says...
...lisp is less evident now, and any thoughts one may have had of this man idling afternoons away over a fishing rod disappear. Abruptly, he turns away from his quarterback and stalks downfield toward the defense. Out of the corners of their eyes, the helmeted giants and his assistant coaches see him coming. Chests tighten. The execution and speed of the defensive drills rev up a notch. The simple reason: no one is eager to receive one-on-one remedial instruction from Louis Leo Holtz on this or any upcoming autumn afternoon...
Such attractions were rare on mainstream TV in the past. Rod Serling's Twilight Zone served up some chills, but it was less interested in frightening the viewer than in offering moral parables. Star Trek will forever be enshrined in TV's science-fiction pantheon, but it wasn't nearly so scary as the sight of the cast members growing old in the movies that have followed. The 1960s anthology series The Outer Limits represented the outer limit of TV's flirtation with the fantastic, while Kolchak: The Night Stalker was the closest the medium ever got to a good...