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...gradually became clear to Kleindienst that even John Mitchell, his predecessor and close friend who left the Justice Department for the Nixon campaign in 1972, was involved in the cover...
Hollywood's version of the old-boy network does appear to be engaged in an insidious form of hazing. "I think there is a fair amount of sexism and reverse ageism at work here," says Ted Harbert, Tarses' predecessor as ABC Entertainment chief. "That gets the skeptics going full speed." Still, her detractors say her behavior in the job has not helped her cause. They describe Tarses as both insecure and out of her depth, driving underlings hard and treating former friends and colleagues shabbily. She raised eyebrows by ordering two pilots co-produced by her boyfriend, former Letterman executive...
TIME: Your predecessor had huge holdings in bonds. How did you sell that position...
TIME: Lynch was famous as a stock picker. Your predecessor, Jeff Vinik, was seen as more of a sector player, right...
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...