Word: spinnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grip did not begin to loosen until the 1960s and '70s--and the very personal impact upon the actors in Hollywood. The studios declared that being gay was no longer okay in Hollywood, thereby avoiding the harsh criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and other religious groups, and providing spin control on the gossip newspapers that were rapidly taking on an alarming independence. Actors who were rumored to be homosexual were ordered to get married and give the public what it wanted: a persona who fit the on-screen image of an acceptably "manly" man or "feminine" woman. Most actors...
Monicagate is still very much alive, observes Slate's Scott Shuger, who ledes his Friday dispatch with USA Today's version of Kathleen Willey's lawyer's spin control. To balance it out, Shuger turns to the Wash Post and its Bob Bennett salvo in the Jones case. As for the non-Monica rundown, Slate's SS points us to the NYT's look at what's new with Zhu, China's new prime minister; the WSJ's take a on a court win in Muncie, Ind., for cigarette makers; and the LAT's coverage of Rupert Murdoch...
University officials cited the deregulation of the electricity industry in Massachusetts, prompted by Electric Restructuring Act of 1997 that took effect on March 1, as a key factor in deciding to spin off the energy plant to Commonwealth Energy...
Richard Jemmons, the self-proclaimed redneck spin surgeon (played by Sling Blade's Billy Bob Thornton), is transparently James Carville. Daisy Green (Maura Tierney in the film) shares resumes with campaign adviser Mandy Grunwald. Libby Holden (Kathy Bates), the manic "dust buster" who tries to cover up Stanton's peccadillos before they make the tabs' front pages, is similar to Betsey Wright, Governor Clinton's chief of staff and trigger-happy troubleshooter. Lawrence Harris (Kevin Cooney), the New England Senator who runs against Stanton until being felled by a heart attack, could be the physically frail Paul Tsongas. Cashmere McLeod...
WASHINGTON: Call it a delicate spin cycle. Never before has the Clinton administration had to respond to sexual harassment allegations from a woman like Kathleen Willey: a Democrat; a former supporter; a woman with nothing to gain financially. This is a different kind of accuser, and the White House offered a different kind of rebuttal. Without comment, Clinton attorneys released a series of 15 Willey letters that said it all: "Take heart in knowing that your No. 1 fan thinks of you every day," she wrote to the President -- a whole year after the alleged incident took place...