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...habit of playing competing media organizations off against each other quickly earned him enemies in the press corps. He diverted bolts of anger away from an unscathed Blair, but smelled increasingly of sulfur. "It's the job of a press secretary to be a lightning conductor," says Sir Christopher Meyer, who headed Downing Street press operations under Major and later served as Britain's ambassador to Washington from 1997-2003, a time when Campbell and his boss were frequent White House visitors. Campbell is a kind of Zelig, without the character's self-effacement, present at the key events...
...with Bush, but with Blair, that will long fascinate. Who controlled whom? A colleague recalls high-level meetings in which Blair would constantly glance at Campbell for his reaction. The press chief was heard to call his Prime Minister a "prat"; he "sometimes made Blair look subservient," says Meyer. Yet Campbell was utterly devoted to Blair and even now, on a summer's day and in a new political era, springs to his master's defense on Iraq, with a trace of his old ferocity. "I don't mind people saying we made the wrong call," he says. "What...
Stuart L. Meyer, EVANSTON...
...been on a racing crew as a young man. It was a Christmas gift his son and daughter bought from Signature Days, which sells participatory gifts nationwide. "They knew I appreciated the speed," Friker says. This appeal to both giver and receiver makes experiential presents work. Becky Meyer and Amber Sambrone had their commitment ceremony in San Francisco on June 16, and are now on a three-week honeymoon in Asia, thanks to their friends. "We're not into acquiring a lot of stuff," Meyer says. Besides, glasses break; memories of the trip will last forever...
...back with Roger to the early 70s, when he wrote a long, fine piece on Russ Meyer for Film Comment, the magazine I edited. He also did an important analysis of the action-film audience's disconnect from narrative - how they would simply ride from one sensational episode to another, without caring about any continuity of narrative or character. When the magazine needed a smart story, Roger would write one. By now TV had made him a star, but he was never a prima donna...