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Wright's reward from the victorious Clinton: he named her his chief of staff, a post she held until 1990. Wright, whose reputation for political toughness belies a far softer interior, had some lonely years serving as the lightning rod for criticism of the Governor. In the late 1980s, she confided with a laugh, "I've made great progress here. When I came in, they hated me for being a woman. Now they only hate me for being the Governor's chief of staff." After a stint chairing the Arkansas Democratic Party, Wright drifted out of politics -- thereby avoiding...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER (1976). With Gerald Ford facing a challenge from Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination in 1976, Rockefeller served as a lightning rod for conservatives, who had never forgiven him for opposing Barry Goldwater in 1964. Rocky tried to appease the right wing by attacking welfare "cheats." To no avail: Ford's campaign manager described him as the President's "No. 1 problem" in winning the G.O.P. nomination. In November 1975 Rockefeller jumped off the ticket before Ford could push him. Ford replaced him with Kansas Senator Bob Dole, but the ticket lost to Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale...
...Lincoln has to offer--that will take all of an hour and a half--then I'll go see my friends. At the end of two weeks I'll check out, but before I do, I'll sign a Guest Book: "Had a wonderful time. Great food. Really appreciated Rod and Laurie's hospitality. I felt very much at home...
...combined $322 million in income last year. Even departing CEOs managed to walk away with huge sums. Hamish Maxwell, who retired as head of Philip Morris, was awarded a generous retirement gift of $24 million, mainly in stock grants and options. Earlier this year, former Compaq Computer CEO Joseph ("Rod") Canion, who was ousted by his board last year, was awarded $3.6 million. And N.J. Nicholas, the co-CEO at Time Warner who, in February, was also bumped by his board, is expected to land softly with a salary, deferred pay, bonuses and stock estimated by some...
...humorless ingenue -- a Bruce Willis type and, say, a Julia Roberts type. He asked Willis and Roberts. "They were the first people we chose. I was going to start going from there -- I never dreamed we'd get both of them." He also got Burt Reynolds, Jack Lemmon, Rod Steiger, Cher and a horde of other six- and seven-figure actors to play themselves for a few hundred dollars apiece. "None of them were paranoid," Altman says. "None of them came wanting to read the script, none of them...