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...impossible to know the specific moment that Kerry's fugue state lifted, but he was clearly in combat-survival mode by the second week in November. He consulted Ted Kennedy, who suggested his own chief of staff, Mary Beth Cahill, to replace Jordan. On Nov. 7, Kerry called Cahill and offered her the job without an interview. On Nov. 9, he sacked Jordan. It was as if a dam had burst. Within a week, Kerry began planning to abandon New Hampshire and transfer 100 staff members to Iowa. He demanded that the reluctant Michael Whouley, a genius organizer, take over...
...circle. Depending on the question at hand, Kerry may draw upon old friends, new allies or even former adversaries. Yet none of them ever enjoy more than a limited hold on him. "He makes a cut on what people bring to a discussion," says Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill, a relatively new star in the candidate's universe. "A lot of people talk to him on a lot of subjects, but on any given subject, there's a very small number of people he trusts and he listens...
...niece Beth turned 42 this week. (Note to readers making quick calculations about my age: my brother is muuuuuuch older than I.) She?s the oldest of four girls who, though born too late to have heard the material firsthand, somehow knew most of the songs of that miracle year, 1957, by the time they were in grammar school. At family gatherings the girls would render old songs in a saucy fashion, occasionally accompanied on the tenor guitar by their doting uncle. Now Beth Corliss is Beth Silvestri, married to an Olympic yachtsman and living in San Francisco. The girl...
...pouring that Wednesday, but nothing could dampen the spirits of Beth and her brood. When we asked if by any chance the girls could perform a number, they quickly assumed their places. Allie and Diana conferred ?backstage? as Catherine warmed up the audience of three. When there was a momentary delay, the four-year-old announced, ?We will now have a brief intermission.? The soubrettes then materialized, to sing - not an Alicia Keys or Gretchen Wilson hit, but a number from ?42nd Street,? the 1981 Broadway show revived three years ago and still running, and, in deepest antiquity...
...Allie and Diana?s duet gave Mary a brainstorm: let?s take the kids to see ?42nd Street? (a road-show company of which Beth had taken the kids to in San Francisco) on 42nd Street. We had less than an hour to don our rain-gear, take a subway uptown and hope tickets were still available for the 8 o?clock performance. The deluge outside only heightened our giddy mood; some of us sang ?Singin? in the Rain? while others whirled, Gene Kelly-style, around lampposts. We arrived at the Ford Theatre and snapped up three pairs of seats...