Word: boss
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is no doubt that Major General Vaughan has "used the White House as a means of playing low-grade county-courthouse politics," but the responsibility for this . . . rests not with Vaughan but with his boss, who, incidentally, is no innocent babe in the political woods...
With no knowledge of campaigning and little understanding of issues, gentle, bewildered Mrs. Coffey had been thrust into the race by the district's ambitious Democratic boss, flashy, dark-eyed John R. Torquato. Torquato's organization had upset the dominant Republicans hst November by sending War Hero Bob Coffey to Congress. They did it with the help of the 55,000 union members in the district, nearly half of them mineworkers. They were out to repeat...
Into the applause stepped big (225 pounds), bustling John Saylor, World War II Navy officer. He was the candidate of 86-year-old G.O.P. Boss Joe Grundy. "Your ancestors and mine established a new idea of government," said Saylor. "That new idea of government lasted 175 years-until the present Administration in Washington, which came out for the Socialist welfare state...
...large display window. The display consisted of some 200 portraits of assorted world notables, all taken from the covers of TIME. In the center, in large letters, was writ ten: "Who Are They?" Britain's Princess Margaret was there, side by side with Russia's Police Boss Lavrenty Beria, Hollywood's Gregory Peck, Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito, and the theater's redoubtable Tallulah Bankhead. At week's end, one of the 200 faces had been changed. The features of Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary had been replaced by those of Radio Comic Fred Allen...
...tournament, over young (21) up & coming Richard ("Pancho") Gonzales, the defending champion; there were moments when it seemed that Schroeder's big reason for entering the big show was to prove to several old adversaries (including Billy Talbert, Frank Parker and Pancho) that he was still boss...