Word: bosse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recipients and Chairman Steinbrenner concocted a false story to explain to FBI investigators why they were on such a list, according to Company Secretary Robert Bartlome. However, when it became clear that the group would be summoned to repeat the story before a federal grand jury, Bartlome informed his boss that he and the other seven would not perjure themselves before it. At that, recounted Watergate Committee Counsel Sam Dash, Steinbrenner "laid his head on the desk and said he was ruined, the company might be ruined, and he mentioned something about jumping off a bridge." Steinbrenner has told...
...knows full well the problems of the organization. A 25-year man, he also knows how difficult it is for an agent to refuse to do an extracurricular job in the White House when, as one says, "you are approached on a one-to-one basis-and if the Boss wants it done...
...Broadway production of The Iceman Cometh, and for the next eight years he worked steadily, mostly as a heavy, in TV and films. At one point Columbia Pictures summoned him to Hollywood for a screen test but did not sign him. "For the same price," said Columbia's boss Harry Cohn, "I can get an actor with two eyes...
...Several key members of the 80-man unit said privately that they would resign if Jaworski did not vigorously pursue Cox's work, letting the indictments fall where they may. Last week the Watergate staffers had their first chance to take a hard, appraising look at their new boss. Their verdict, somewhat to their own surprise, was one of approval, at least for the moment. Said one appreciative senior member of the force: "Everything we have put in front of him so far he has signed...
...Haldeman, who drew warm applause during his half-hour talk to the group, remained serious most of the time. He confessed that he is involved in no fewer than five private lawsuits arising out of Watergate and related activities. Yet he persisted in his firm defense of his old boss: "I have supported the President's position on disclosure of privileged material. But I have no doubt that when and if the tapes are made public, President Nixon and I will be fully exonerated." As for himself, Haldeman pledged that, "I'm very anxious to tell...