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...chaperon Israel and a new Palestinian leadership down a path of sequential steps that would end with a Palestinian State living peaceably alongside Israel. But Powell and other U.S. officials sent to mediate the implementation of the roadmap have to deal with the basic weaknesses of Washington's latest script for Israeli-Palestinian peace, as well as the unlikely cast of characters responsible for bringing it to life...
...state secret that the debates between BILL CLINTON and BOB DOLE on 60 Minutes are pretty dull. But don't blame Dole: he tried to punch them up with a script that was a little edgier. Clinton nixed it, but here's a brief excerpt: "Mr. President," Dole began, "tonight I'd like to talk about the danger of unemployment...for me and you! CBS is considering pulling the plug. And I'll tell ya, no matter how big the Bush tax cut, I need the work. With your legal bills, I know you can use the cash...
...infinite number of monkeys in front of an infinite number of typewriters, would any of them produce the script of Hamlet? Last month, British researchers tried to get part of an answer to that age-old question when they put a computer inside a cage of monkeys at a zoo in southwest England. The answer: Five pages consisting mostly of the letter “S,” and after the monkeys had finished attacking it, one wrecked computer...
...crazily high percent of viewers’ favorite jokes can be traced to George,” says Vitti. “He has the ability to put four jokes in a script, and they’re the four that viewers tell you about the next...
...He’s the one in the room who writes more of the show than anyone else—his fingerprints are on nearly every script,” says Vitti. “He exerts as much influence on the show as anyone can without being one of the creators,” he adds...