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State Department colleagues speculate that if Bloch turned to the Soviets in < Vienna, it may have been out of frustration. A competent diplomat, but a dour, moody man, Bloch was deeply offended at having to serve under two inexperienced political appointees. He dismissed former Ambassador Helene von Damm as a "nut" and Lauder as a "total disaster." After returning to the U.S. in 1987, Bloch openly complained about not getting an ambassadorial post. If, however, he was recruited long ago in Berlin, the frustration theory might not hold...
Though he achieved the rank of minister-counselor, the department's third highest career level, Bloch is said to have been disappointed by his failure to become a full ambassador. He boasted to friends that he virtually ran the Vienna embassy under former Ambassador Helene von Damm, a Reagan appointee he regarded with scorn. Bloch got on the wrong side of Von Damm's successor, Ronald Lauder, who sent him packing. Colleagues praise Bloch's work in Washington, though some describe him as dull ("A boring little man," says one). He has been placed on leave and his security passes...
...much in a class by itself as the latest addition to a long, groaning shelf. Deaver. Haig. Stockman. Speakes. Regan. Even two Reagan children, Patti and Michael, have written slap-and-yell books about the First Family. And more are on the way. Helene von Damm, once Reagan's personal assistant and later Ambassador to Austria, has reportedly penned something less than a valentine to the First Family, and a new book by former White House Aide Martin Anderson describes Reagan as resembling a "Turkish pasha, passively letting his subjects serve...
...much for A.B. Tompane & Co., a 60-year-old specialist company that survived the 1929 Crash and traded in USX Corp. and Royal Dutch/ Shell Group, among other stocks. Last week Tompane sold out to Merrill Lynch for an undisclosed sum. Also merged out of existence was W. Damm M. Frank & Co., an American Stock Exchange specialist that traded in 30 Amex stocks before the crash. The firm was acquired by Bear, Stearns. That could be only the beginning. Says Samuel Liss, an analyst at Salomon: "We are going to see more specialist firms merging with better-capitalized parents...
...growth of low-wage, low-benefit, low-skill, low-security jobs explains the need for a two-paycheck family income. But why should the two-paycheck family be the envy of the world? Gene Damm Albany...