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...James T. Chao '93 executive director of the World Model UN, acknowledged that the organization suffered a net loss last year, but refused to disclose the size of the deficit...
...micromanager, he is obsessed with everything from program budgets to office design. Fox staff members in Manhattan recall secretaries scurrying around before one Diller visit, trying to replace the red poinsettias with the white ones Diller prefers. His outbursts of temper are legendary. During an argument with Stephen Chao, the former head of production for Fox's owned stations (later fired by Murdoch for hiring a nude male model to illustrate a lecture on censorship), Diller threw a videocassette so hard it broke a hole in the wall. Chao put a frame around...
...also drove employees slightly crazy with his mania for details. Chao recalls having to re-edit a promotional spot for the series Cops 15 times before Diller was satisfied. His combative style was stimulating to some, debilitating to others. "It's the yell-in-your-face school of management," says an ex-staffer. But for Diller, passionate argument is not just a matter of temperament; it is a management philosophy. "Arguing out of conviction and belief is positive to the creative process," he says. "Years ago I started to worry, How do you keep your instincts clean...
...Asian-Americans on the transition team like Doris Matsui will likely see to it that qualified Asian-Americans are appointed to important sub-Cabinet positions. Even George Bush appointed a Chinese-American, Elaine Chao, to head the Peace Corps...
Nobody really played particularly well," senior Andy Chao said. "It's kind of disappointing. The golf course was wet. It was very cold, somewhat rainy. With all the long par fours, it was very tiring to play...