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...Also in the running for major roles are current chief of staff RON KLAIN, Housing Secretary ANDREW CUOMO and former aides ROY NEEL and ELAINE KAMARCK. Gore is said to be relying heavily on the advice of political consultant BOB SQUIER, moneyman TERRY MCAULIFFE and pollster MARK PENN--the troika that many expect to have actual control when it's time to hit the trail...
...conquering the elusive troika of money, power and prestige, Rubin is living the dream of the hyper-ambitious. As the embodiment of what so many at Harvard seem to be striving to emulate, he's the poster boy of the Harvard undergrad. The drive to equal this uber-alum's conquest of the troika has become one of the defining characteristics of undergraduate--especially senior--life at Harvard. Curiously though, this drive is often self-defeating. For the more success we attain, the less-satisfied we feel. Call it the prestige paradox...
...inner circle of Mary's friends, a troika who have requested anonymity even as they talk among themselves of a "campaign" to burnish Mary's public image, insist that Steve was having affairs and abusing Mary, mostly verbally but with an occasional shove. (Steve Letourneau and his lawyer turned down several interview requests.) It got to the point that they were barely civil. Therapist Moore says Mary remembered that when she told Steve about her father's cancer, he growled, "What do you want...
...deal not only altered WorldCom's destiny but also brought a new superstar to its managerial ranks in Sidgmore, the technovisionary behind UUNet. He joined Ebbers and chief financial officer Scott Sullivan in a troika that has fashioned WorldCom into the very model of a 21st century telecom empire. Ebbers "sees the industry at a historic turning point," Sidgmore says. "That's why WorldCom is moving so quickly. "We've made big bets and moved faster than anybody else." Indeed, even as Ebbers was bidding for MCI last week, WorldCom was unveiling a $2.9 billion buyout of Brooks Fiber Properties...
Following a revival-like introduction by larger than life Bay State myth Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56, the Democratic troika thrashed the cuts made by Congressional Republicans in education, Medicare, Medicaid and environment programs...