Word: boss
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Russian generals; so defiant that after a mine he has attempted to open collapses, he shakes his fist at the obstinate mountain and vows to conquer it. And his delivery of the movie's unforgettable line is perfect. Earnest yet energetic, he says to the young Englishman beside him, "Boss, you've got everything--looks, brains.... But you need a little madness...
...bureaucratic endeavor-a central fingerprint file." In the course of his career, Hoover has regularly exaggerated the FBI's accomplishments, writes Kraft. But why not? All federal bureaus, from the FCC to the Reclamation Bureau, do the same. While Hoover has a reputation for being his own boss, he is shrewd enough always to cultivate close relations with the man in the White House-Republican or Democratic. "That explains the flowers sent to Walter Jenkins when he first entered the hospital; and it explains why Hoover immediately began going around Attorney General Kennedy and directly to President Johnson after...
These days, even in a magazine like Commentary, which is dedicated to intellectual surprise, it is surprising to find a kind word for J. Edgar Hoover, who has been enduring his worst press in 41 years as boss of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But Washington Columnist Joseph Kraft rises to the defense with a thoughtfully reasoned brief. "To critics, Mr. Hoover is the advance guard of the police state," says Kraft in Commentary's February issue. "To boosters, he is the modern knight errant. For better or worse, he is made to cast a shadow larger than life...
Unions make little effort to attract luminous young men. Salaries are low, advancement slow. Young talents who are drawn to union careers for ideological reasons often quit in frustration. There are, of course, some exceptions. The boss of a big Longshoremen's local in Brooklyn is college-trained Anthony Scotto, 30. He is a special case: he was hand-picked by the late Tony Anastasio, who happened to be his father-in-law. And one of the fastest-rising men in the Ladies' Garment Workers is Dave Dubinsky's son-in-law Shelley Appleton, 45. Obviously...
Pushing himself at an innard-grinding pace, Kendall tells his aides that "if you work twelve hours a day, you finally get to be boss so you can put in 16 to 18 hours a day." The boss puts in his time in a Park Avenue sanctum that is littered with papers and empty Pepsi bottles. On a golden telephone, he often contacts Pepsi's 525 U.S. bottlers, all of whom he knows by their first names. If the Frito-Lay deal goes through, Kendall will be making many overseas calls. While Pepsi is sold in 107 foreign countries...