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- GRAPEVINE, Page 15Calling Mr. Clean
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- By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- Scandal-plagued corporations and government agencies have
- a surefire formula for riding out the storm: Find someone with
- an unimpeachable reputation to whip the place back into shape.
- Beleaguered Salomon Brothers turned to superinvestor Warren
- Buffet. A few other high-profile "fixers":
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- Nicholas Katzenbach, U.S. Attorney General 1965-66
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- -- Succeeded Clark Clifford last month as head of First
- American Bank shares, which was covertly controlled by B.C.C.I.,
- the shady multinational corporation accused of money laundering
- and supporting terrorists.
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- -- Plans to stay until "the bank is on top of its
- problems."
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- Howard Baker, U.S. Senator 1967-85
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- -- Named as Reagan's chief of staff in February 1987 when
- Don Regan was held responsible for the "chaos" in the White
- House after the Iran-contra revelations.
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- -- Stayed 16 months.
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- William Ruckelshaus, Director of the Environmental
- Protection Agency 1970-73
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- -- Returned to the EPA in May 1983 after Reagan-era
- administrators were accused of delaying the cleanup of the
- nation's hazardous-waste sites.
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- -- Stayed 20 months.
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- Frank Carlucci, Deputy Secretary of Defense 1981-82
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- -- Replaced John Poindexter in January 1987 as Reagan's
- National Security Adviser during the Iran-contra scandal.
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- -- Stayed 11 months.
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- Claudius I, scholar and writer
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- -- Drafted as Roman emperor in A.D. 41 after the
- assassination of his depraved nephew Caligula; strengthened
- Rome's legal system.
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- -- Poisoned after 13 years.
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