Sore Winner
'So," says the Mayor, breaking his silence, "how was the hearing?"
"City Council?" asks the Police Commissioner. "The usual--a battle of wits with unarmed men." The alpha males of the Giuliani administration, seated helter-skelter about the Mayor's office, get a kick out of that one.
Silence again, as the Mayor continues reading. He is sunk low in his chair. Seated to his left is the Police Commissioner, the square-jawed Howard Safir, who sits erect, in the manner of Parris Island. The Mayor's men are jacketless, overweight and at ease. The Commissioner's men appear ready to salute.
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Right Here in River City!
The recent announcement that CBS will bless America's TV watchers this fall with a second 60 Minutes--a lighter, crispier version--sparks the inevitable question: How many weeks will pass before former CNN producer April Oliver is hired to produce a segment on the secret U.S. Army plan to drop leprous dogs on the heads of innocent Sandinistas?
Actually, that is not the real inevitable question. The real inevitable question is this: Now that television is flush with newsmagazines--two or three each night, it seems--where are producers going to find all that news?
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