Word: gearan
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Every costume told a story. David Gergen disguised himself as Richard Nixon, his hands rising in the famous V-for-victory gesture. The much feared adviser and friend Susan Thomases was a Pilgrim. Affable communications director Mark Gearan became a gorilla, while mild-mannered personnel chief Bruce Lindsey wore a nun's habit. Pirate George Stephanopoulos huddled with media whiz Mandy Grunwald, who looked for all the world like a health security card. White House decorator Kaki Hockersmith--Scarlett O'Hara--had her dress made from fabric matching the curtains in the Lincoln Bedroom...
...decides things," the official said. "He gets as many people in a room and talks for as long as everyone can stand." Of course, to a lesser extreme, it was also the way Clinton decided things. "Managed competition was a thesis that needed to be proven," admits Mark Gearan, White House communications director. "That's what the task force...
While Clinton is a night owl, Gore goes to bed before Nightline and risesearly. Communications director Mark Gearan, who oversaw the vice- presidential selection process, said Gore's face went into free fall when Gearan told him that his meeting with then Governor Clinton about joining the ticket would begin at the Capital Hilton at 11:30 p.m., a good hour after Gore's bedtime. The Vice President says he has persuaded Clinton "to get more sleep...
...Clinton help himself by turning to three agreeable men to be his top aides. In McLarty, Clinton has chosen a chief of staff who has either been unwilling or unable to exert much discipline on the President or his staff. Deputy chief of staff Mark Gearan is well liked, but as one campaign consultant put it, "If Mack or Mark were really angry at you, you wouldn't wet your pants. So how scared do you think Danny Rostenkowski is going to be?" Clinton tried to remedy the situation by putting Gore aide Roy Neel in charge...
Clinton moved quickly to add one major grown-up to his staff: Roy Neel, the top adviser to Vice President Al Gore for the past 15 years, joined Mark Gearan as deputy to chief of staff Thomas McLarty. Neel and Gearan will handle the day-to-day operations, allowing McLarty to concentrate on minding Clinton and worrying about long-range planning, which will initially mean holding three-day-a-week 8:30 a.m. conferences aimed at shepherding what remains of Clinton's economic plan through Congress. Neel at 47 exceeds the median age in the White House by at least...