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...Senators wondering what they gain by pressing on much longer. But having lost the popular center long ago, they can at least keep their conservative base happy by insisting on a full trial. And so at week's end they linked arms with both the House managers and Ken Starr in the effort to debrief Monica Lewinsky even before the question of calling witnesses was resolved. Bipartisanship was shredding as the two sides bickered over all the procedural issues they had sidestepped when the trial began...
...Everybody is copying now," grumbles Maurice Starr, who put together the pre-eminent '80s boy groups, New Edition and New Kids on the Block. He is preparing to launch two new groups later this year. Quintets and quartets of young European hotties are also circling the American market. The Backstreet and 'N Sync numbers are like prepubescent chum...
...second, both Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync are the brainchildren of the same man: Louis J. Pearlman, a florid 44-year-old entrepreneur based in Orlando, Fla., whose countenance suggests Ken Starr crossed with the late Chris Farley. Pearlman's ambition for his Trans Continental Entertainment and related companies is nothing less than to create a new Motown. O-Town, for Orlando, is the name he has given his sprawling $6 million recording studio that doubles as a boot camp for would-be stars. Here the crushes of tomorrow are groomed by teams of choreographers, vocal coaches, personal trainers, marketers...
...thought you'd heard the last of Ken Starr, now that the impeachment operatic drama has moved to the Senate? Think again. Starr's cameo appearance to get Monica Lewinsky to sing on behalf of House prosecutors was the first hint that he's not yet through with the show. Tuesday Starr obtained a federal court's permission to pursue presidential friend Webster Hubbell on tax evasion charges in connection with Whitewater. Add to Starr's program a contempt case against ex-Whitewater partner Susan McDougal and an obstruction of justice case against Julie Steele for having allegedly lied...
...That, however doesn't mean that Starr himself will be around. "Rumors continue to fly that Starr won't stay much longer," says Novak. Already, she reports, there are indications that Starr's top deputy, Jackie Bennett, is preparing to exit. "For the most part," says Novak, "the work of the counsel's office looks like a cleanup operation." But at a cost of $40 million and still counting, Starr's continuing investigations are sure to give Congress pause when it's asked to renew the independent counsel statute later this session...