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- <title>
- Oct. 28, 1991: Thomas Hearings Scorecard
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Oct. 28, 1991 Ollie North:"Reagan Knew Everything"
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 23
- Thomas Hearings Scorecard
- </hdr><body>
- <p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Daniel S. Levy
- </p>
- <p> WINNERS
- </p>
- <p> PHONE COMPANIES
- </p>
- <p> Friends debating long distance, citizens swamping the
- lines to Capitol Hill, and lobbyists sending everything by fax
- meant big profits for the Bell clan.
- </p>
- <p> C-SPAN
- </p>
- <p> The best indictment of those skimpy network sound bites.
- Don't you wish you could get to know presidential candidates as
- well as you were able to size up the Judiciary Committee?
- </p>
- <p> TERM LIMITATIONS
- </p>
- <p> A lot more voters will probably embrace the idea now, if
- only because some of those senior Senators seemed so out of
- touch with reality.
- </p>
- <p> BLACK PROFESSIONALS
- </p>
- <p> The Senate turned to impressive black lawyers and public
- officials on both sides for guidance.
- </p>
- <p> LOSERS
- </p>
- <p> BASEBALL
- </p>
- <p> The playoffs were a well-kept secret, and host network CBS
- took a bath.
- </p>
- <p> WHISTLE-BLOWERS
- </p>
- <p> The lesson of the hearings seemed to be: Better keep your
- trap shut.
- </p>
- <p> THE FBI
- </p>
- <p> Senators revealed information the FBI had promised to keep
- secret. Others said agency reports were worthless anyway.
- </p>
- <p> SENATE STAFFERS
- </p>
- <p> Who are those faceless aides accused of coaching the
- witnesses, leaking secrets and poisoning the atmosphere?
- </p>
- <p> OTHER TOPICS
- </p>
- <p> Tough luck for anyone who was hoping to talk about
- something else.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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