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THE NEW MAYOR: Man in the News; Spiritual Reform Mayor: Rudolph William Giuliani

Date: 03 January 1994

By Todd S. Purdum

Todd Purdum

One day last spring, as Rudolph W. Giuliani ended a visit to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn, the crucible of discipline that shaped his world view and helped propel him into public life more than 30 years ago, he reflected on the changes in manners, mores and standards that have transformed the New York he once knew. Surveying a city in which the consuming educational debates centered on multiculturalism and condoms, the pressing public fear was collapse of order in the streets, and a million residents swelled the welfare rolls, he said, "I think one of the things that happened to us is we became so arrogant that we believed we could reconstruct everything."

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You Read It Here First

Date: 02 January 1994

By Bruce Handy

Bruce Handy

It's that time of year again, the time when newspapers, magazines and television pundits exercise their First Amendment right to hazard semi-informed predictions about the coming 12 months -- just as Thomas Jefferson would have wanted. This particular column will narrow its focus to a subject of paramount importance to all: the media itself -- ourselves. Whatever. Will a supermarket tabloid get its hands on an embarrassing photo of a member of Britain's royal family? Signs point to yes. Will the coming premiere of a new Spike Lee movie prompt hand-wringing among editorialists? It is certain. Will ABC's White House correspondent, Brit Hume, ever smile on camera? Reply hazy, try again.

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Cokie Roberts, Nina Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer

Date: 02 January 1994

By Claudia Dreifus

Claudia Dreifus

For the 14.7 million listeners of National Public Radio, Cokie Roberts, 50, Linda Wertheimer, 50, and Nina Totenberg, 49, are the Three Musketeers: gutsy, witty, informed reporters who break stories from inside the Washington political machine. As a troika they have succeeded in revolutionizing political reporting. Twenty years ago Washington journalism was pretty much a male game, like football and foreign policy. But along came demure Linda, delicately crashing onto the Presidential campaign press bus; then entered bulldozer Nina, with major scoops on Douglas Ginsberg and Anita Hill; and in came tart-tongued Cokie with her savvy Congressional reporting. A new kind of female punditry was born. Today the three are expanding their audiences by branching out into television. Roberts, in addition to her NPR wake-up stint on "Morning Edition," is the first regular female panelist to appear on "This Week," on ABC, and is Ted Koppel's frequent understudy on "Nightline." Wertheimer anchors NPR's flagship broadcast, "All Things Considered," but also makes appearances on the CBS Sunday talkfest "Face the Nation." And Totenberg, NPR's legal affairs correspondent, does commentary and reporting for ABC.

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On Washington; Up Close and Personal

Date: 02 January 1994

By Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd

We had settled what we were. Now we were simply haggling over the price. It was one of those moments of cozy debasement that Washington specializes in, only this time the quid pro quo was more naked than usual.

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Merger Plans For Flextech

Date: 03 January 1994

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Flextech P.L.C. says it has agreed to give Tele-Communications Inc., the biggest cable operator in the United States, a 60.4 percent stake valued at nearly $300 million in return for the European assets of a Tele-Communications programming unit. With the transaction, subject to shareholder approval, Flextech will become one of Britain's largest suppliers of cable and satellite programming, with an interest in 5 of the 12 channels that make up the basic multichannel subscription package of Britain's only satellite television broadcaster, BSkyB.

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News Media Vipers

Date: 02 January 1994

To the Editor: To those who believed that news coverage of the 1992 Presidential election was slanted against George Bush, I would suggest it is now evident that the news media do not play favorites. From the insinuations surrounding President Clinton and Michael Jackson, it is clear the news media are not biased toward liberal or conservative issues. Nor does there seem to be some cohesive plot.

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OTHER NEWS

Date: 03 January 1994

Federated Department Stores may have purchased debt that is too safe if it wants to gain control of R.H. Macy. News Analysis. C23 Viacom and Blockbuster Entertainment are still discussing raising more money in the Paramount Communications batte. C24 Index of Companies in the News. C20

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 02 January 1994

International 3-9 U.S. CAUTIOUS ON NATO GROWTH The United States will maintain a go-slow approach on whether to expand the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include Eastern European countries, feeling that the decision may well be a critical one. 1 JAPAN'S COMMUTING CRUNCH The reality of daily life for Japan's workers is a long and uncomfortable commute, and that has soured the good news of the country's prosperity for many Japanese. 1

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 03 January 1994

International A2-9 MEXICO TAKES ON REBELS Mexican troops pursued retreating peasants after an attack by the poorly armed group. The death toll was at least 56 in the first significant guerrilla offensive in the country in nearly two decades. A1 OUTLOOK DIMS FOR MIDEAST TALKS The resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks in the next few days seems less likely after Israel said it was prepared to let Palestinians "sweat" before reopening discussions of troop withdrawal and self-rule in the occupied territories. A3 CZECH OFFER A QUANDARY FOR U.S. The Czech Republic's invitation to become the new home of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty has raised delicate foreign policy questions for President Clinton. A8 MAJOR WON'T BEND ON TALKS Prime Minister John Major said today that an invitation stands for Republican hard-liners in Northern Ireland to join peace talks, but only if they accept unaltered the current proposal he and the Irish Prime Minister have presented. A8 THREAT TO RIO'S YOUNG PERSISTS The public outrage over the killings of the street children of Brazil has had little impact on the numbers of young people dying there. A9 CROATIA TOUGHENS ITS STANCE Croatia threatened to intervene directly to protect Croatian pockets of Bosnia and Herzegovina that are threatened by surrounding Bosnian Government forces. A8 AFGHAN FIGHTING KILLS 70 Two days of heavy fighting between Afghan factions in Kabul have left about 70 dead and 700 wounded, most of them civilians. A2 SAUDI ARABIA CUTS BUDGET Falling world oil prices have forced Saudi Arabia to cut its budget by 20 percent this year after 20 years of economic growth. A3 Cape Town Journal: Ringing in the new. A4 National A10-14 WILL BLOOMIE'S BUY MACY'S? Federated Department Stores, in a move that may be aimed at creating the biggest department-store company in the United States, announced that it had purchased a stake in R. H. Macy & Company. If Federated takes control of Macy, which some analysts said was doubtful, it would bring together some of the country's best-known stores: Bloomingdale's, Abraham & Straus, Macy's, Bullock's and I. Magnin. A1 SENSITIZING SIGN LANGUAGE Much as certain words are dropping out of polite usage, certain signs are being changed in American Sign Language. Some are deemed offensive because they are visually provocative. A1 TURNING NIGHTMARE INTO 'MIRACLE' Eight months after white youths torched two black churches, volunteers from white and black churches in southwest Mississippi have united to rebuild, and lives have been changed. A10 CLINTON'S PRIVATE WEEKEND Reporter's Notebook: At the Renaissance Weekend, a gathering of public people that was officially private, even journalists insisted that President Clinton's comments had to remain strictly off the record. A10 A NEW NATIONAL ARCHIVE The National Archives plans to move millions of historical items, including tapes from the Watergate scandal, to a $250-million-research building in Maryland. A11 FORECASTS FOR HEALTH CARE PLAN Lawmakers, Administration officials and outside experts see the battle over health care as the biggest political challenge facing Congress in 1994. But their expectations of the outcome differ widely. A14 Federal investigators criticized the welfare bureaucracy. A10 Federal scientists want a system to monitor tsunamis. A11 A new area code in Detroit is causing confusion, ire and lost calls. A14 Metro Digest A15 NEW YORK'S 107TH MAYOR Calling for casting aside fears, Rudolph W. Giuliani, a former Federal prosecutor who cracked two decades of Democratic dominance of City Hall, was inaugurated yesterday as the 107th Mayor of New York. A1 A LONELY CHIEF EXECUTIVE As new Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who ran as a Republican-Liberal, looked up and down the front row of his inaugural platform, he saw face after Democratic face among his fellow top-office holders. A1 Business Digest C1 Arts/Entertainment B11-18 "Less is more": a choreographer's dictum. B11 Straight plays fare poorly on Broadway. B11 Jeanne Moreau as herself. B11 Theater: A Twelfth Night festival. B12 Music: Hip-hop triple bill. B11 James (Blood) Ulmer. B15 Books: "Dance Dance Dance," by Haruki Murakami. B18 Television: "Challenge to America." B18 "The Good Life." B18 Sports B1-10 Basketball: Knicks fall to Hornets. B2 Nets upend Celtics. B2 Columns: Anderson on the Cowboys game. B5 Vecsey on Notre Dame. B8 On Pro Basketball. B2 On Pro Football. B5 Football: Cowboys beat Giants in overtime. B1 Jets say goobye to the season. B1 Florida State voted national champions. B9 Lions defeat Packers. B6 Patriots upset Dolphins. B7 Jets take favor from Patriots. B7 Steelers beat Browns. B7 Raiders overtake Broncos and make playoffs. B7 Bills win home-field advantage. B7 Nebraska's loss galling for Osborne. B8 Olympics: Moe now top U.S. hope in skiing. B3 Obituaries A24 Cesar Romero, a Hollywood and television actor. Dixy Lee Ray, former Governor of Washington. Henry A. Byroade, a career diplomat and former Ambassador to Egypt. Editorials/Op-Ed A22-23 Editorials Mr. Giuliani's dreams. Modern maternity. Happy new tax year. Topics: Double dose for children. Letters Anthony Lewis: Inside the Beltway. William Safire: Art vs. Artifice. Dudley Clendinen: "I want to go to sleep." Donald Koblitz: Germany's poison chalice. Neediest Cases A20 Chronicle A21 Bridge B14 Crossword B14

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Experts Predict Financial Market Trends

Date: 03 January 1994

By Kenneth N. Gilpin

Kenneth Gilpin

What will be the most significant trend in financial markets in the new year? Several pundits of the business world were called upon to answer the question.Here are their responses. Leo Melamed Chairman emeritus, Chicago Mercantile Exchange The spread of financial derivatives will continue to the point where they have taken center stage in the world of finance. That is good news and bad news. It's good news because derivatives add liquidity to markets. But there are risks involved. In the coming year, I think regulators will be wrestling with these issues.

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