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| | Punchin' Judy |
 | | A small woman with intense eyes and aggressive bone structure, Sheindlin, a former Family Court judge in New York City, tacks a grannyish lace collar onto her fl robe ("A little white around the face is always good," she tells me) but treats litigants with a bloodless, take-no-prisoners style. |
 | | In the self-correcting world of television trends, for every anarchic Jerry Springer (one of the two fastest-growing syndicated daytime shows on television) there is a Judge Judy (the other fastest-growing syndicated daytime show) at the other end of the spectrum. |
 | | Now in its second year, Sheindlin's show ("real people, real cases, real decisions," says the Rod Serling-like announcer) is produced in Los Angeles, using mostly local small-claims-court matters having to do with car problems, the residue of road rage, and/or garden-apartment tenants gone quasi-postal. |
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