Close associates say they do not know where he is now.

Associates said they expected him to play just such a role.

A close associate said no firm decision had been made.

Associates of the three men say there is little love lost among them.

But her associates say she was not interested in either position.

He and his associates say it's the old professor in him.

"He has been thinking about leaving by the end of the summer," one associate said.

Since then, an associate said, the rate had continued along the same lines.

But the associates say he has also never given full charge of the management to anyone else.

"He is the kind of person who never has money to pick up a check," the associate said.