Word: bosse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those comments on the preliminary SALT II agreement reached in Vladivostok between Ford and Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev apparently were the opening statements in another national debate over nuclear weapons. While there seemed to be a growing consensus that the impending deal is better than no agreement at all, it was nevertheless promptly criticized from two contrasting viewpoints: some critics felt that the U.S. was yielding too much, while various arms-control specialists complained that the pact would legitimize both nuclear deployment to date and the further development plans of the two superpowers over the next ten years...
...House briefings and announced, "I'm a Ron, but not a Ziegler." But after 2% strenuous months and an exhausting presidential jaunt to Asia, an exasperated Nessen was displaying Ziegler-like ways, including rare press conferences, sour exchanges with reporters and bombastic language inflating the achievements of his boss. The White House press was beginning to wonder out loud, "How long can Nessen last?" Then, last week, Nessen admitted his errors and promised to improve...
Ford's most important stop was with Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev at an isolated compound of wooden and concrete dachas amid oak, birch and pine trees about 15 miles north of Vladivostok, home port for the Soviet Pacific fleet. Soon after reaching the camp by special train from the military airfield where Air Force One had landed, Ford and Brezhnev sat down in a conference room overlooking Amur Bay for talks that lasted all afternoon, into the evening and part of the next morning...
...chief and assigned him to lead the company out of a deepening financial crisis. He is Anthony A. Bliss, 61, a Wall Street lawyer, member of the Met board for 25 years and president from 1956 to 1967. In the new post of executive director, he becomes the immediate boss of General Manager Schuyler G. Chapin...
...cannot afford them." For all that, the move was a clear downgrading of both Chapin and the job of general manager, even though Chapin has done a creditable job for the past two years under extreme crisis conditions. For the first time in its history, the Met's boss will be a man who comes from the board and will remain a member. Insofar as that signals the awakening of an often somnolent board, it is a step forward. But if the result is that money begins to dictate artistic direction, then the Metropolitan may regret the step some...