Chasen stepped aside and Wiedemann, a Zell-backed board appointee, recommended Henderson to run the business.

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But Hess himself was close to many of his fellow veterans, including Fritz Wiedemann, according to daughter Ursula Hess.

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Even the new U.S. ambassador, Kent Wiedemann, was robbed at gunpoint of his mobile telephone during an evening stroll with his wife.

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There's more to be made if Wiedemann can keep up Henderson's record.

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Hair stylist Ted Gibson, who just cut model Elettra Wiedemann's hair into a Kloss-like style, suggests a long bob, also called a "lob, " for those with curly hair.

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Wiedemann is a more astute politician than his predecessor.

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George Wiedemann is in the hot seat.

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Just ask Wiedemann's predecessor, Gene M.

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Wiedemann has big expansion plans.

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But Wiedemann, who founded the direct marketing unit of Grey Global Group (nasdaq: GREY - news - people ) and until a few months ago was running Responsys, a Silicon Valley online marketing firm, does the bidding of one of America's most implacable bosses: Chicago billionaire Samuel Zell .

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