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While Jackson's large and varied outer circle of advisers is a racial rainbow, his four closest advisers -- at least for the moment -- are white, and three are Jewish. They include Jackson's campaign manager, Gerald Austin; his economics adviser, Carol O'Cleireacain; his policy adviser, Mark Steitz; and his all-purpose sounding board, Ann Lewis. The rationale for the cast of white faces is simple: Jackson's entourage, says a black adviser, "has done all the black politics they need...
...Steitz, 31, signed on with Jackson after leaving Gary Hart's sinking campaign, which he served as deputy issues director. He has helped persuade Jackson to reduce his planned 25% cut in defense spending to a more reasonable 10% and brought the candidate's revenue-raising notions more in line with congressional opinion. His principal asset is that he has an excellent rapport with Jackson. "If you want Jesse to do something," says an Eastern adviser, "it's worth telling Steitz to tell Jackson...
...Steitz said the decision came after a five-year research period in which 20 conferences experimented with the three-point shot. He said research showed coaches approved the three-point goal by a two-to-one margin...
...committee also approved the use of television replays for timers' and scorers' mistakes and malfunctions of the clocks. Steitz emphasized that replays would not be used for any other officiating questions...
...Steitz said several conferences experimented with different distances for the three-point play, but a questionnaire of participating coaches showed the most favored range was 19 feet, nine inches...