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Being an editor of a newspaper in high school, I could possibly see the appeal of such a message as a filler for a slot otherwise left empty. However, that does not mean I would fill the blank pocket with such a hackneyed message as that of recycling benefits...
Longtime Bush aide CRAIG FULLER, who was passed over in 1988 for the job of White House chief of staff in favor of JOHN SUNUNU, is now G.O.P. convention manager and controls the speaking roster in Houston. Fuller had offered a slot to Sununu on Tuesday morning -- not exactly prime time. Sununu's response was a predictable no. Fine, said Fuller, who declined to make a better offer. "It all goes to show," muttered one observer, "that what goes around comes around...
This was not the way it was supposed to be. As Carson's heir, Leno would bring both familiarity and freshness to the slot. He would book hipper musical guests and reclaim part of Arsenio's audience. And with his camp-counselor personality, he would retain Carson's senior fans. All this has indeed come to pass. If Hall gets the headlines with shows featuring Ice-T on the hot seat or Bill Clinton torturing a saxophone, Leno still wins where it counts: equaling or surpassing Carson's ratings and ad revenue. The difference is that all this...
...imprint on the staff shake-up seems clear. With Hillary as the principal guardian of the candidate's body and mind, it is telling that just before the convention she propelled the couple's longtime friend Susan Thomases -- a sometimes confrontational New York City lawyer -- into the powerful slot of head scheduler. In that role Thomases serves Hillary's agenda to make sure Clinton's tendency to please everyone -- to let discussions drag on, to keep on the campaign trail until he's robotic with fatigue -- does not get the better...
Costas' commitment to Later (and to remaining in St. Louis) is striking. When the Today show was still reeling from the Deborah Norville fiasco and Gumbel was haggling over his contract, NBC executives reportedly let Costas know that the hosting slot was his for the asking. He wasn't interested. He hopes to develop prime-time specials based on Later, and he is also toying with the idea of creating a 60 Minutes-type show about sports. However, such is his devotion to baseball that despite his estimated $2 million-a-year salary, he has just about decided to leave...