Tina Brown, in white, arrived early for her 1 o'clock.

They talked about Tina Brown as if she were a cold date.

Two years ago Tina Brown called me to have lunch.

"I don't think Tina Brown would want to have lunch with me," he said.

Tina Brown, the magazine's editor at the time, said that to show smoking during pregnancy would have been an irresponsible act.

"Everybody has a story about a wrap dress; Tina Brown says she met her husband in one."

But he added that if anyone could pull off such a venture, it would be Tina Brown.

Still, last week Tina Brown pumped new hope into the fancy.

I got five minutes face time with my ex-boss, Tina Brown.

Such incidents fueled talk that Tina Brown had lost her edge.