Word: bosse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since the whole scene took place in front of newsmen, some Johnson and Humphrey aides winced at the bad taste of it all, but the Boss himself thought it was about the funniest thing he had ever heard...
...over all 120 rooms of the newly completed Pageant Motel, across from Convention Hall, as a White House command post. U.S. Army Signal Corpsmen installed a hot line direct to Lyndon. Key Johnson aides carried electronic devices in their pockets that buzzed whenever there was a call from the boss-and there was a lot of buzzing. The contraptions were supposed to work only above ground and within a five-mile radius of the Pageant switchboard. But they were underrated: one White House staffer was in a basement barroom, enjoying a supposedly safe, subterranean snort, when his pocket buzzer suddenly...
...Jack Owen" had evidently been thrown into the box after all the other contenders had bogged down in deadlock, and it would be a miracle if he completed his short term. Asked what had happened to Khanh, Oanh explained that his ex-boss was still technically Premier but unfortunately "unwell," perhaps "mentally" from the long strain, and had repaired to the mountain resort of Dalat, South Viet Nam's traditional resting place for politically afflicted generals. Khanh had kept four untrusted officers there himself for seven months. Oanh allowed as how it might be a lengthy illness. "I would...
When not inspecting grain markets Home Minister Nanda is busy with his loudly heralded campaign against corruption. Nanda thought he had Shastri's approval, but at a recent meeting of Congress party leaders, he was dismayed to find himself opposed both by Shastri and Atulya Ghosh, boss of Eastern India. The government made one attempt to show itself vigilant, but Nanda could not take credit for the move, since it was ordered by the Finance Ministry. Besides, it was scarcely what the country had been waiting for: a spectacular raid on tax-dodging movie stars...
...less forgettable moment came when NBC decided to ignore the podium during New York City Mayor Robert Wagner's speech seconding L.B.J. Instead, the network turned breathlessly to Sander Vanocur as he buttonholed David Dubinsky, boss of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. At last came Vanocur's question to Dubinsky: "Did you know that Mrs. Hubert Humphrey makes all her own clothes?" Over to Huntley-Brinkley...