Word: boss
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...difference, even with contempt. But it was clear now that Republican conservatism had reached its peak in 1946. The voter had spoken-when he was good & ready-with a flat and incontrovertible voice. The voice announced a new chapter in U.S. politics. Harry Truman was now the absolute boss of a resurgent Democratic Party. Republicans might not be able to stand it. But the Republic could...
...slipped into the penthouse. By then old Charley Ross, his press secretary, had heard enough good news to knock off for a nap. Ross got a rude awakening. Harry Truman was bouncing up & down on his bed, beaming happily. He told Ross-who had never really believed that his boss had a chance of election-that it was coming out just as he had always said it would. Harry Truman threw back his head and laughed and laughed...
Jimmy Petrillo's lawyer had gotten together with RCA Boss David Sarnoff, representing the record makers. The compromise was simple: the union musicians relaxed their demands for royalties on all records sold since the Jan. i ban, in return for fatter royalties to come when the presses start cutting records. The new rates: 1% of the retail price of all records selling under $1 and a "slight increase" in royalties on records costing more than...
...spun a yarn of a highly organized air force plot to do away with Perón. Laborista political backing was solicited. To overcome Reyes' natural skepticism, conspiratorial meetings were held in the Avenida Quintana headquarters of the Civil Aviation General Administration; Air Force General Gregorio Velez, boss of civil aviation, gave a masterly performance as leader of the plot. Laboristas took the bait...
Curtis ("Buzzy") Boettiger, who recovered from a mild attack of polio six weeks ago, and his boss, Henry Morgenthau, who are making a tour of Israel for the United Jewish Appeal, were all right (except for possible jangled nerves) after a few minutes under mortar fire in Negeb...