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Does John Sununu aim to replace Energy Secretary James Watkins with an ideological soul mate? Watkins has pursued an independent policy of conservation and regulation that has irritated the White House chief of staff. If Watkins is forced to quit, which some insiders expect this summer, deputy assistant secretary Victor Stello is an early favorite for the Cabinet post. Stello, a longtime pal of Sununu's, shares his enthusiasm for relaxed regulation of nuclear power. The Administration nominated Stello for a job supervising the nation's nuclear-weapons programs last year but withdrew his name and installed...
...Faced with the Kurdish tragedy and Saddam's tenacious hold on power, the Bush Administration dearly needs a diplomatic victory. Certainly Baker does not appear to be preparing to quit anytime soon. On his way home last week, he stressed the positive accomplishments of his mission and said little to dampen expectations for more progress...
...favor with investors, who are still reeling from the company's first quarterly loss ever. True, the figure was mainly an accounting phenomenon, but its cause was far from heartening: The company was taking a $2.3 billion charge for the full estimated costs of paying 10,000 employees to quit voluntarily in the coming year. At its annual meeting last month, chairman John Akers told stockholders to brace for more bad news: "While we'd like to believe economic recovery is just around the corner, we have seen no evidence yet to indicate any improvement, and consequently the year remains...
...carrying placards that read CAN YOU READ THIS? MY CHILD CAN'T. School officials argued that students had scored even worse in previous years. But by the time school reopened last fall, the Belridge superintendent, the teacher who coordinated the computer project and three other teachers had retired or quit...
Thus the credo "Quit while you're ahead" may have inspired last week's announcement: Tartikoff was leaving NBC to head Paramount Pictures...