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...resigned in 1981. They would check his business address, but he doesn't have one. The searchers believe he lives in New York. Exactly where? Nobody knows. When he is in Washington, he stays with a friend. Who? Nobody knows. Why not subpoena Pierce? Well, says a subcommittee staffer, "you have to have an address." The HUD probe may drag on for months. So could the search for Silent...
...often the Secretary seems politically naive. In January, after testifying before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, Cavazos asked if he could stay and hear the other witnesses. Congressional veterans were stunned. Said a committee staffer: "It looked as if he had nothing better to do than sit and listen to people read statements." Cavazos is also handicapped by his lack of familiarity with elementary- and secondary- education issues. In April, for example, he incorrectly told reporters that Minnesota provides transportation across district lines as part of its "choice" plan, which will soon allow parents to select schools...
...must now answer to a new corporate overlord: Roger Wood, former editor of the sensationalistic New York Post, which Murdoch owned until last year. "There's no interest anymore in analysis of the industry or in taking a serious look at the content of TV news," says an unhappy staffer. "The watchdog role that TV Guide has traditionally played is being totally abrogated." A few exceptions remain, like last week's report "Is TV News Guilty of Japan Bashing?" Yet Wood, according to insiders, singled out that piece for criticism, claiming that such stories are impeding "the popularization...
...unlikely that Congress will seriously consider changing its hands-off policy toward cable before the FCC completes its in-depth report. Nor do Washington watchers detect any ground swell of enthusiasm for efforts to roll back the 1984 legislation that deregulated the industry. Says a Senate staffer who keeps a close watch on cable developments: "There's a feeling of 'If it ain't broke...
...wish I could rewrite the past, but unfortunately I can't," said Mack, probably the most influential staffer on Capitol Hill. Insisted Speaker Wright, who loses his right-hand man as he faces a bitter survival struggle over his ethics problems: "I was willing to give this young man another chance, and I have never had occasion to regret...