Word: bosse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...boss, Greenspan would probably want to keep a low political profile and work for bipartisan support of White House programs. He sees the chairman's job as "strictly that of an adviser, not a policymaker or a propagator of policy." Yet Greenspan would be by far the most knowledgeable of Nixon's top economic aides, none of whom are economists. It is likely that, willingly or not, he will quickly become the Administration's chief economic spokesman...
...only a "covert" operation that would give the White House "plumbers" access to Ellsberg's psychiatric files. The two former White House aides in charge of the plumbers -David Young and Egil Krogh-testified that they had discussed the operation only in general terms with Ehrlichman, their immediate boss. In a delicate exchange of euphemisms, they were careful never to utter such words as "entry" or "burglary." Nevertheless, said Krogh, "it was clear to me, at any rate, that an entry operation would be necessary to examine the files...
John Jay Iselin, 40. As federal and foundation support for public television continues to shrink, the president of the Manhattan-based Educational Broadcasting Corporation and boss of its lively station, WNET (Channel 13), is forced to scramble for funds to keep his operations going. His innovative approach to programming has brought viewers The American Family and the Theater in America series, VD Blues and ballet, movie classics and public affairs programs. By stationing fund raisers in front of elegant stores like Tiffany's, he has helped boost the number of contributors to Channel 13 from...
Cecil D. Andrus, 42, Governor of Idaho, is a sturdily independent sort who refused help from Idaho's Democratic boss in his first unsuccessful run for the statehouse. When the four-time state senator tried again in 1970, his name was better known, and he became Idaho's first Democratic Governor in 24 years. Voters are "looking for leadership that's willing to lead, not someone they have to kick into the next century," says Andrus, an advocate of environmental and educational causes. Son of a lumbermill operator, Andrus is a man of modest means. His race...
...pugnacious defender. While serving as idea man, speechwriter, press adviser and political consultant to Nixon, he has emerged as one of the nation's leading conservative ideologues. Despite his often acerbic defense of the Administration, he has retained the admiration of those conservatives who are dismayed by his boss...