"In the end," Mr. Seifert said, he and Miles Young, chief executive of Ogilvy, "judged that we could accept losing Seth for a mission, an opportunity, of this scale".
The chief executive of Dallas County, Tex., Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins, a Democrat, said: "The exchange is a tremendous opportunity to reduce the number of uninsured.
"I do agree we have to cut from somewhere," said Steve Tribble, the county judge executive of Christian County in Kentucky, where a planned road project is now imperiled.
Dr. Jack Lewin, chief executive of the California Medical Association, said Judge Moreno's ruling was "very encouraging for all of America's physicians".
"There are times when an executive assistant to a governor, like Steiger, is required to issue strong directives in order to carry out the policy of the executive," a judge wrote in the unanimous opinion.
Laurence J. Kirshbaum, chief executive of Time Warner Books, said that judging from a recent tour of bookstores in the South, he found a great appetite for quality African-American writing, and not just among blacks.
Campbell Robb, chief executive of Shelter said: "When judging the success of this scheme it's important to remember it encouraged almost 40,000 struggling homeowners to seek help and as a result many kept their home.
Isaac Larian, the chief executive of MGA, said he found Judge Larson's decision on the mistrial "very disappointing".
[C7.] Ebbers Requests a New Trial Bernard J. Ebbers, the former chief executive of WorldCom, asked a federal judge in New York to give him a new trial, "in the interest of justice".
[Page A1.] Firm Requests Enron Successs Fee' The firm led by the acting chief executive of Enron asked a bankruptcy judge for a $25 million "success fee" for its efforts in shepherding the collapsed energy trader through nearly three years under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
