WINNERS & LOSERS
JUST DESERTS
[WINNERS]
CEFERINO JIMENEZ MALLA When in Roma...Spanish horse trader is the first Gypsy beatified by the Catholic Church
BEE GEES Stayin' alive: the brothers Gibb (despite historically bad hairdos) enter Rock Hall of Fame
IBM No one's rooting for the ghost in the chess machine, but it's been a p.r. bonanza for its creator
[& LOSERS]
JERRY SPRINGER Hey, not everyone can be Walter Cronkite; Jerry quits under pressure from news prudes
SWISS BANKS The final blow to the myth of Swiss neutrality: scathing report shows they bankrolled Hitler
MARCIA CLARK Mediocre prosecutor yields mediocre tome: $4 million for a self-promoting take on O.J. and Ito
HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME...
Image: George Bush, globe-trotting foreign-policy President; Bill Clinton, domestically focused stay-at-home President. The reality, however, is that homeboy Bill has flitted about almost as much as cosmopolitan George. And with his first visit to Latin America last week, Clinton surpassed his predecessor. But in the First Lady frequent-flyer contest, peripatetic Hillary wins by many a mile over Barbara Bush, who was a veritable domestic shut-in. A comparison of the foreign trips each has headed:
COUNTRIES FAVORITE VISITS MAIDEN CONSPICUOUS COMMON VISITED SPOTS VOYAGE SKIPS STOP
PRESIDENT
BILL 36 Russia, 3 Canada China Costa Italy, Rica France, Israel, Canada
GEORGE 35 France 4 Canada Israel Costa Rica FIRST LADY
HILLARY 33 South 2 Norway Russia Costa Africa Rica*
BARBARA 2 Canada 2 Canada The world Costa Rica *Hillary only made it there with Bill last week
NO QUID PRO QUO
In return for all the free spectrum space the government is bequething broadcasters ($70 billion worth, according to some), campaign reformers say broadcasters should provide free political advertising. Their answer: no dice. But it wouldn't kill them: campaign ads make up only a tiny percentage of total advertising revenue.
1996 TV AD REVENUE $30,000,000,000 POLITICAL ADVERTISING $400,000.000
Source: Television Bureau of Advertising, Common Cause
COURT COUTURE
Forget the catwalks of Paris, Milan and New York City; watch the fashion runway at the N.B.A. play-offs--the sidelines where spiffy coaches in designer suits patrol the hard court. Players may have fancy footwear contracts, but many coaches have their own clothing deals. The trail was blazed by Pat ("the Peacock") Riley (1) of the Miami Heat, the sleek Supermodel among N.B.A. coaches, who has a deal with Giorgio Armani. Now a host of others are coming out of the closet. Herewith some coaches and their fashion allegiances:
COACH/TEAM CLOTHED BY
George Karl (2) Nordstrom in the tailored look Seattle SuperSonics of Hart, Schaffner & Marx and the executive attire of Joseph Abboud
John Calipari (3) Ermenegildo Zegna in suits, shirts New Jersey Nets and ties of featherweight fabric