Word: boss
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lords. The anti-Wagner coalition is composed of city and county Democratic bosses whom Wagner antagonized in 1961 by his celebrated and rather sudden stance of fighting for reform and against boss rule. These war lords include Charles Buckley of The Bronx, Peter Crotty of Buffalo and Stanley Steingut of Brooklyn. Last fall this coalition forced Wagner to accept Bobby Kennedy's candidacy for the Senate...
...military officers in his Cabinet in an effort to improve relations with the brass and discourage more coups. There was a slight delay. Although Huong and Chief of State Phan Khac Suu waited in the palace on the appointed day, the four failed to show up because Air Force Boss Nguyen Cao Ky had last-minute second thoughts about giving up his command for his Cabinet assignment-Minister of Youth and Sports. Finally Ky reluctantly agreed to it, and next day the ceremony was held...
...television scene, and he whirls across the world as a special agent for an organization that quells the forces of evil. U.N.C.L.E. stands for United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, and it is actually a private FBI. Its producers, in fact, refer to Solo's boss as "J. Edgar Hoover...
...several months ago, said Thomas W. ("Teddy") Gleason, boss of the International Longshoremen's Association. He meant it as a boast, but by last week he probably wished he had swallowed it. The longshoremen, ignoring Gleason's pleas that they ratify what he called "the best contract in I.L.A. history," voted their reflexes, turned down the contract, then walked off the docks from Maine to Texas. Since other unions refused to cross I.L.A. picket lines, goods in shipment piled up on docks across the U.S., and 235 cargo and passenger ships stood idle. Cost to the economy: about...
...Genesco subsidiary, and his House of Fragrance perfume and cosmetic company is headed by President Helen Van Slyke. "Women who are interested in a career and have a feminine viewpoint," says Jarman, "usually have intuitiveness as well as good promotion and advertising sense." Casting around for a new boss to replace resigning William L. Smith, Jarman quickly picked Mildred Custin for the $60,000-a-year...