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...case hasn't helped Ford because, after an initial spurt, the sale of white Broncos actually declined during the first eight months of the trial. Nor did that case have a noticeable effect on the Akita dog business. The people at Hertz tell me their Simpson connection has not altered normal growth in profits and revenues one way or the other. Orange juice has enjoyed record sales, but a spokesman for the industry doubts the ex-defendant can take any credit...
...sold to Time Warner, the parent of this magazine. The dealmakers were smart enough to realize that O.J. wasn't forever, but healthy revenues certainly added to Turner's allure. Already, Ted Turner has sent a $50 million finder's fee to Mike Milken, and the numbers suggest that Simpson deserves the same...
...remarks last week sent another shudder through a nation already coping--or more precisely, failing to cope--with the renewed divisions triggered by the Simpson verdict. And they added to the dilemma of black leaders who for weeks have been wrestling with the decision of whether to march. Representatives Gary Franks of Connecticut and Charles Rangel of New York, along with the leadership of the N.A.A.C.P., announced that they could not join Farrakhan no matter how laudable the event's goals, while some women's organizations raised objections to Farrakhan's exclusion of females. Said former Black Panther Angela Davis...
...thousands of black men--and women--are rallying behind this pair of demagogues is a testament to the sorry state of race relations and the dearth of first-rate leadership on either side of the racial divide that have been appallingly evident in the wake of the O.J. Simpson trial. Black people are so hungry for a renewal of the struggle for racial justice that they are willing to overlook the bigotry and venality of the two poseurs who have summoned them to Washington this week. Even Jesse Jackson, who only a few months ago expressed ambivalence about the march...
...things are different. In a Simpson ripple effect, Judge Stanley Weisberg has banned cameras from his Van Nuys courtroom. He has also ruled that the brothers be tried together, as the separate juries last time created too much confusion. Abramson--surprisingly, given her penchant for publicity last time around and her telegenic presence for ABC as an expert commentator on the Simpson case--requested and was denied a gag order to prevent the prosecution, or anyone else, from talking to TV reporters about the case. The state's new team, headed by deputy district attorney David Conn, insists that this...