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...Bush's transition headquarters in Washington last week, where everyone was distracted by the spectacular self-destruction of Labor nominee Linda Chavez, aides were slow to notice that the Ashcroft nomination was taking on water. Republican Senators began to grumble about sloppy Bush teamwork; some friendly Democrats had praised Ashcroft initially, but then Bush aides sat on their lead. Senators like New Jersey's Robert Torricelli went from lauding Ashcroft as "a good choice" to setting conditions for his support. "Now these Democrats have the opportunity to back away," gripes a senior G.O.P. Senate aide...
...Linda Chavez LABOR SECRETARY She has criticized minimum-wage hikes, bilingual education, affirmative action and many labor rules. Unions and civil-rights groups are taking...
...some ways, Linda Chavez is more vulnerable than Ashcroft. She doesn't enjoy the professional courtesy that Ashcroft does as a former Senator, and for the moment, activists put her as their No. 2 target. In fact, some Republicans were surprised at Bush's choice for the Labor Department, because it could come at such high cost. That Chavez is a Hispanic woman may not help Bush if many Hispanics and women object to her views. "For the life of me, that doesn't make any sense," says an adviser to the Bush campaign. "She is hated by the constituency...
Divorced twice already, Stahl had had a string of affairs. Carolyn Oppy's sister, Linda Dubay, says Stahl, with a middling career as an anesthesiologist, was unable to live up to his family's high expectations for him. His father was a respected surgeon and CEO of a hospital. "Ken needed the ego boosts of his affairs--usually with divorced nurses, single mothers, needy individuals." Vasco fit the profile. Oppy...
...always heard that your 20s are your most fertile creative time; few people have accomplished anything great after 30--not Einstein, not Newton, not Linda Lovelace. Now I know it's true. At the age of 29, I have tabled all ambitions to write a novel, play or episode of JAG. Even my planned autobiography, A Mildly Amusing Work of Limited Intellect, has been set aside...