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"I would like to establish a confidential support group to give individuals a low-down on the Ad Board," said Quiroz. "While the [assistant] dean pleads your case, she's not your confidant."

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Administrative Board Requires Four to Withdraw | 2/21/1997 | See Source »

Clinton confidant Vernon Jordan, who was interviewing candidates, warned Albright that lobbying for the job would backfire. "Did he tell you that he would take your case to the President himself?" Geraldine Ferraro asked her friend.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MANY LIVES OF MADELEINE | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

Whenever the list of Bill Clinton's Best Friends is put together, Webb Hubbell's name is always near the top. Clinton installed his golfing buddy and confidant as Associate Attorney General in 1993; at the Justice Department he could serve as the First Family's eyes and ears. Hubbell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUBBELL'S GROWING WEB | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

SEOUL: Beijing is on the spot now that Hwang Jang Yop, a key member of North Korea?s ruling party and a close confidant to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, has launched an attempt to defect to South Korea via China. In Japan at a North Korean-sponsored international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beijing Holds The Trump | 2/12/1997 | See Source »

Dole did not so much assemble a team as begin a desultory conversation with those already around him. The Dole clan was like a dysfunctional family, a cool, taciturn group whose members spoke in shorthand and didn't probe one another's ideas or motivations. There was longtime confidant Mari...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASTERS OF THE MESSAGE | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

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