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...real question is whether a "V" label -- like an R or NC-17 rating for feature films -- will become a stigma to be avoided at almost all costs. The fear is that advertisers, always skittish about controversial programs that might inspire a letter-writing campaign or an advertiser boycott, will be scared off by any show that carries the label. Madison Avenue veterans think they will. "Advertisers will be lemming-like in their avoidance of these programs," says Gene DeWitt, president of his own New York City media management firm, "because advertising on them will just be asking for trouble...
...handstands in waist-high water -- remained aloof from island fun. Aides had billeted at the hotel half a dozen of the 100 reporters and photographers trailing the Clintons, so the notion of walking the beach or sunbathing or doing laps in the pool seemed to have made her somewhat skittish. Mrs. Clinton's husband was not at all reserved about being photographed in his trunks, but she was more modest...
...most probable result is that all TV-news shows will look for more about celebrities, crime and vastly less complex scandals. The safety of GM trucks is exactly the kind of issue that popular news programs should address. But instead of making sure that they do it right, skittish producers and executives will probably be inclined for a while...
...accepting about lesbians," says Mary Ann Humphrey, a former captain in the Army reserves who was discharged in 1987. "Their womanhood is not threatened like a man's manhood is when he's around a gay man." Perhaps women's experience with male sexual harassment has made them less skittish about other forms of torment. Or perhaps it is simply less taboo for women to hug and kiss in public...
Beys' supporters say that he gets the job done and is willing to put his neck on the line--a rare quality among skittish undergraduate politicians--to organize events for students. Critics say Beys short-circuits the democratic process of the council to further his own career...