Jim Jordan, a Democratic strategist and a onetime manager of Mr. Kerry's campaign, said: "It's psychologically extremely damaging, even dangerous, for a campaign.

Cornell Ousley, a onetime manager at a McDonald's who was jobless for seven months, is learning how to work the dishwashers on his job as a kitchen steward.

But Jones is estranged from his father, his onetime manager, when it comes to making boxing decisions.

One photo shows the onetime Mets' manager with Casey Stengel and George Weiss.

At the other end of the spectrum is Goomba Johnnie, a radio disc jockey and onetime manager of the strip club Scores.

Other lovers reportedly included John Reid (his onetime manager) and David Furnish (an advertising executive).

The traffic was directed by Darrell Johnson, the onetime manager of the Boston Red Sox, who serves as a deputy to the manager in camp.

"It's all strange behavior to me," said Syd Thrift, the onetime general manager of the Pirates and the man who first signed Bonilla.

Ed Cole, Chevy's onetime general manager, distilled the formula into a phrase: The Impala was "a prestige car within the reach of the average American citizen."

The bartender, Shane Kessler, onetime manager of a jazz club in San Francisco, was at a loss to explain their names.