Word: boss
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While Goldwater thus went through the last painful act of a surrender, made inevitable by his disastrous defeat last November, he was by no means surrendering to a Rockefeller man. The bland but brilliantly successful boss of the Republican Party in Ohio, Bliss had stayed out of the convention wrangling between moderates and conservatives last summer, then had worked loyally for Candidate Goldwater, though from the start he took a dim view of Barry's chances and of the way he campaigned. In Bliss, the Republicans finally have what they desperately need: a chairman who is a superb technician...
...their favorite sweet. They eat it in pastries, cakes, cookies, and even as the stuffing of a pancake called palacsinta. But last week Budapest was abuzz with rumors of a scandal that turned many a Communist sweet tooth sour. At lavish parties run for high government officials by the boss of Hungary's state-controlled national catering service, the pièce de résistance was a chocolate-covered airline hostess...
Though Hungarian Party Boss Janos Kadar was apparently too embarrassed by the Catered Affair to reveal these details, he did bring formal charges against Onodi (whose brother-in-law is Justice Minister Ferenc Nezval). Onodi and ten cronies will go on trial later this month for having "caused damage to the economy amounting to 400,000 forints ($17,500)." No one explained just who or what had been damaged, but it seemed clear that, as one Budapest daily dejectedly commented, "the time for urimuri (gentleman's fun) is over...
...reference to James Bond as stuffy is surely a classic case of the pot calling the gold brick black. Would he wheel a naked maiden around to catch a knife thrust meant for him? Would he, ensconced in the sack with a pajama topped blonde, refuse to meet his boss because "something big's just come up?" Would he grin patronizingly as a brutish adversary crushed a golf ball with one menacing hand? Or jump atop Pusey Galore after she'd bested him two judo falls out of three...
Those known to have master keys include the kitchen staff, the maids, the night watchmen, the senior residents, and the janitor. A key was also given to the boss of the window washing crew, Gates reported, adding, "he is a long term employee of the company, very reliable, and bonded by the government...