Word: bosse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their black limousine, and when they arrived at the second town, the mayor requested money to improve the conditions in the local prisons. "Of course," replied the Prime Minister as he wrote out a check for a handsome sum. As they cruised off, Pattakos turned to his boss and asked, "Why did you give money for the prison and not for the school?" The Prime Minister answered, "Stylianos, do you think we will ever go back to school in the future...
...Need a Boss...
...during World War II, says Khrushchev, "that Stalin started to be not quite right in the head." Khrushchev, then party boss of the Ukraine, faced an appalling food shortage caused by war damage and a severe drought. Thousands died of starvation, and Khrushchev even began hearing of cannibalism, including one report that a human head and a pair of feet-apparently all that remained after a corpse had been eaten-had been found under a bridge. Yet Stalin refused to provide food-rationing cards or reduce quotas on farm produce that was shipped out of the Ukraine. "He would...
...Soviets were understandably exultant. "The flight of Luna 17 signifies the start of a new stage in the study of the moon," said Radio Moscow. U.S. space officials saw no reason to disagree. "Just fantastic," said one NASA scientist. His boss, Acting NASA Chief George Low, noted that the Russians had launched 22 space missions in the past two months alone-earth satellites as well as two moon shots. With the addition of Luna 17 to the list, he said, it is clear that the Soviet Union is "operating with an advanced state of technology and is exploiting...
...race against Indiana's Birch Bayh. But Ruckelshaus proved to be a winner in the department, where he soon became one of its ablest young (38) voices of moderation. Last spring he persuaded Mitchell to permit a massive antiwar rally near the White House; he even got his boss to make speeches extolling peaceful protest. Now President Nixon has nominated Ruckelshaus for a crucial job: head of the new Environmental Protection Agency...