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Whenever Cooper admits to having had painful moments at WorldCom, she follows the acknowledgment with a big, beaming smile. But when I hand her a picture of Ebbers and Sullivan--her former mentors--holding up their hands to be sworn in before Congress, Cooper's eyes well up with tears. She turns the picture over and says, "I don't ever want to see that again." Friends estimate that Cooper has lost close to 30 lbs. The other day she had to laugh when her skirt nearly fell off while she was talking to a colleague at the office...
...been personally thanked by a single senior executive at WorldCom, her colleagues say. And there is grumbling that some employees think the company could have borrowed its way out of its problems and avoided bankruptcy if she had stayed quiet. Some people who used to smile and chat with Cooper and her team by the coffee maker don't do that anymore. "What gets me angry is that after all she has done, you would think she would be rewarded," says a friend and colleague at WorldCom. "She went through a battle, one of the biggest battles in corporate America...
...intersession. Friends back home react with fresh amazement every December to the news that the worst still awaits us. “You haven’t had finals yet? Wow! That sucks.” Yes, it does, and each year we feel less inclined to fake a smile...
...pursue and insists that she will be a mere caretaker President, with her focus still on parliament. Her opponents dismiss her as a political lightweight - Kostunica has said that having Micic as President would be "a joke." "Not a very appropriate thing to say," she comments with a wry smile. "But I'm not a vindictive person...
...bring some of the FM spirit to the rest of the building, especially to the folks who come in nearly every day. Work to make the president’s office more like the FM office, but to more people—with a smile and some gossip and maybe some whiskey and Saltines. And dammit, Amit, keep pushing for those big stories...