Word: boss
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thing, the Free Democrats were now saying that they would not rejoin a Cabinet under Erhard. Burly, ambitious Franz Josef Strauss, who is boss of the Bavarian wing of the Christian Democrats, was elbowing Erhard by threatening to pull his six ministers out of the government unless the Chancellor went ahead and stepped down. And the C.D.U.'s Deputy Leader Rainer Barzel, who had been instrumental in forcing Erhard to face the caucus, was now maneuvering to isolate Erhard from any remaining support. About the only Erhard enemy not on the scene was flinty old (90) Konrad Adenauer. Though...
...barbarous political manners he plans a come-back. FDR Jr. may not take coming back to mean anything to do with the presidency. He is interested in non-oblivion, respectable non-oblivion. To qualify, he entered the race as the Liberal candidate at the request of Liberal Party boss Alex Rose, who wanted a name on the ballot that would draw votes and insure the Liberals third-party status...
...Connor is not the man to profit from these errors. He is a "Johnny-come-lately" liberal who appears committed to a boss-ridden party, demonstrating little executive ability or imagination. His administration would probably be as progressive as the state legislature's Democratic leaders. That is not enough...
...magazine was founded in 1960 by Béchir ben Yahmed, 38, a Tunisian who decided he could exert more influence as a journalist than as a politician. An intimate of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, he quit his job as Minister of Information because he felt that his boss had assumed too much power. The danger of one-man rule is, in fact, one of Jeune Afrique's most persistent themes. "We believe that the funda mental role of the press is to prevent leaders from taking advantage of the people," says Ben Yahmed. "Africa's rulers have...
...Aware that he had much to learn, he brought his old friend, former Louisville Courier-Journal Editor Mark Ethridge, out of retirement to become editor of Newsday and teach him the ropes. And by last year, Captain Harry was ready. Ethridge returned to retirement and Newsday's new boss assumed the title of editor as well as president and publisher. Today, at 76, he energetically discharges all three duties. Under his control, the paper's circulation has risen from 370,000 to 415,000; its already bulging advertising has increased...