Word: protegees
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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In London he became the protege of adman David Ogilvy, whom he greatly admires. People in advertising are reviled nearly as often as lawyers, but Mayle thinks it makes a fine first career. "You learn to present an idea lucidly, and you must have a picture of who your audience...
The cocaine bricks unearthed from the lye were marked with a destination code, "Baby I." The same marking had been found on an 18,000-kg seizure near Los Angeles two months earlier. Baby I turned out to be a Santacruz protege in New York, Luis ("Leto") Delio Lopez, 28...
In the studio she could be harsh. She spoke in a whisper that was louder than a shout. On occasion she laughed heartily at her students' efforts. "With Martha," Richard Boone once said, "you get it right away or jump out the window." Glen Tetley, a protege in the 1950s...
Former Cabinet aides report Margaret Thatcher is suffering from depression brought on by withdrawal from power. While the ousted British Prime Minister seemed her old intrepid self on a visit to Washington two weeks ago, a number of close friends say she has decided to give up her seat in...
Thatcher said she was "delighted and thrilled" by Major's succession, adding, "He will be a superb leader of this country." She had good reason for ebullience. Forced out of office by her own party the week before, Thatcher saw her protege chosen as Prime Minister, ensuring that the basic...