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...nation's security for the next four years, and somewhere among the drives, chips and putts on that chill December afternoon, it came to him: the same folks, bar one, who had been deeply involved in charting America's course for the past four years. Let foreign policy wonks fret over the Grand Strategic Architecture of Post-Cold War Policy; Clinton was pondering personalities, teamwork, chemistry. He wanted known quantities who could ensure a quick and tidy transition; basic compatibility to avoid the turf wars that pulverized the Carter Administration; loyalty over swashbuckling egos; tough, proven negotiating talent and skill...
...Fret not over ROBERT E. ("Teddy") TURNER IV, who was downsized by his dad Ted Turner, when Ted's biz merged with Time Warner. ("You're toast," dad said over dinner.) Teddy has two new jobs: one at his own company, which is developing an enhanced form of cable delivery; another with Forest Hills Cos., a nascent entertainment concern. He may one day even offer his pa some competition...
...Bill Clinton this week (instead of the other way around), he probably wouldn't believe the polls or, if he did, wouldn't put much faith in them anyway. He knows less about living than about coming back from the dead. As the sky falls and his allies fret and his party balks and the polls sink, he alone remains calm. He takes pride in the very habits that people around him are desperate to change. And he's not afraid of the dark, because he has been here before...
...worry about the deficit. We are concerned that those in the inner city are not being educated or fed. We fret over student loans and college debt. We care about our elders and loved ones, but at what cost to our future...
...Barry returned to work last week sounding like an escapee from a New Age encounter. He had learned, he said, that he had invested too much time worrying about the beleaguered city he presides over and not enough worrying about himself. From now on, Barry proclaimed, he would not fret so much about things over which he had no control, like the big snowfall last winter. "No more 16-hour days for me," he said, vowing that henceforth his highest priority would be to connect with God. And, Barry hastened to add, the only relapse he had suffered was smoking...