Word: bailiwicks
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...Eugene Nickerson, 47, chief executive of Long Island's populous Nassau County, promises-with phrases and gestures borrowed from John Kennedy -to make New York "first" again, but to date has made little impact beyond his own bailiwick...
...faced with the politically delicate task of arranging sharp cutbacks in Britain's aircraft production. Jenkins did the job with elan and efficiency, earning the promotion to Home Secretary. This post, too, will test his mettle: crime, immigration, racial discrimination-all explosive problems in Britain -are his new bailiwick. Jenkins is not yet a serious rival for Wilson's succession. But with his youth, he may become the very model of a leader for the 1970s: pro-Europe, moderate in social philosophy, possessed of a feel for the past as well as an openness toward the future...
...Winston Churchill as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the ancient association of maritime towns on the southeast coast of England, Sir Robert may now receive 19-gun salutes at sea, as well as claim any wrecks and "fishes royal"-whales and the like-found around his new bailiwick. He may also sport the gold-encrusted admiral's uniform that goes with the job, but that was one part he didn't care for much. "Sir Winston always enjoyed dressing up," smiled Sir Robert. "I hate...
Well Connected. Powering A.E.P.'s drive is President Donald Cook, 55, a financial expert who also has a lively interest in sales, technology, law and government. He works at his job ten hours a day in his Manhattan office and another three hours at home, frequently tours his bailiwick; last week he was off on a Cook's tour of facilities in Indiana and Virginia. An ardent advocate of private power, he believes that cutting costs and passing the savings on to consumers is a form of public service. As it happens, he is also well connected...
...that the Viet Cong guerrillas are directed from Red North Viet Nam, Johnson did not follow up previous hints that the U.S. might carry the war to the north. Instead, he expressed the fervent hope that the new Premier, General Nguyen Khanh, will win the war in his own bailiwick, praised him for acting "vigorously and effectively...