Word: bosse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Talking with "Jimbo." When Press Secretary Jody Powell brings a covey of reporters to ask Jordan about the appointments bottleneck, Jordan self-deprecatingly points to himself. But it is a shared responsibility. While Jordan may be methodical to a fault, his boss has insisted on more elaborate procedures than in the past. The appointment process has been stretched from the normal three or four weeks to five or six because the Administration is making an unparalleled effort to avoid conflicts of interest and other potentially embarrassing situations. Security clearances and IRS checks are also taking longer than expected. "These people...
There is some question whether the far-flung and decentralized Mafia still has a boss of all bosses (many organized-crime authorities argue that it is more an honorific than an actual executive post). But if the position does exist, is Galante...
...first gained control of Brooklyn's Joseph Bonanno family, one of the five major Mafia families in New York, then won the respect of the other New York capi. Says Lieut. Remo Franceschini, New York's intelligence chief for organized crime: "Most of the bosses might welcome a new image, a strong figure who would take the heat and let them get on with business." One boss, Aniello Dellacroce, 62, may have other ideas. Known for his own brand of ruthlessness, Dellacroce may be the only Mafia chieftain who might have the guts to challenge the little...
...thing is sure, the "Billy market" is out there. Says Oakland Athletics Boss Charlie Finley: "I see where Bill Veeck [Chicago White Sox owner] is trying to get President Carter to throw out the first ball on opening day. Well, I'm trying to get Billy Carter. He's my kind of guy." Bantam Books rushed into print a collection of Billy's tell-it-like-it-is shots from the hip. An embarrassingly thin volume, Redneck Power: The Wit and Wisdom of Billy Carter sells for $1.50, yet went through its first printing...
...Come on, Lucky Pierre," shouted the chap in the stands at a Miami jai alai fronton. "I can't miss with you." It was Jerry Wurf, Washington-based boss of the State, County and Municipal Workers, the nation's largest public employees union (750,000 members), cheering on a lanky player on the court. But when unlucky Pierre swung his curved basket at the speeding white jai alai ball and missed, Wurf, who had not won a bet all night, resignedly tore up his losing $2 ticket. "If we don't win the next one," he told...