Word: bosse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Carlo Gambino died last October at 74, practically every cop, crook and crime reporter in the country wondered who would replace him as the new capo di tutti capi, the boss of all bosses -in other words, the Godfather. Last week, a rash of stories in the New York press-the Times, the Daily News and New York magazine-crowned a new Godfather: longtime Racketeer Carmine Galante...
...wife Jane (Jane Fonda) rehearse a Bonnie and Clyde act, first out of necessity and then as a sexual turn-on. They debut as criminals by robbing a drugstore; then they progress to the telephone company and Dick's old firm. Dick eventually outsmarts his ex-boss Charley (Ed McMahon) to wind up as president of the corporation. If crime is a game, then their winning number keeps coming up on the roulette wheel...
Time logged in the office, however, does not necessarily provide an accurate indicator of actual work done. Roberta C. Smith, Ralph's executive assistant, says the mayor works on county business during much of his time in Somerville City Hall. She claims her boss spends just as much time in the courthouse as Danehy, and charges that McLaughlin devotes up to 90 per cent of his courthouse time to building a state-wide political organization. Ralph says McLaughlin spends his time "planning his next bid for office," rather than working on county business. McLaughlin, an unsuccessful contender for lieutenant governor...
...White House, in the stately old Executive Office Building, a nine-man ad hoc team held its first meeting last week. In Washington, task forces and special committees bloom and die like cherryblossoms -and often make about as much impact on policy-but this group is different. Its boss is James Schlesinger, 48, he of the omnivorous intellect and encyclopedic résumé, the man chosen by Jimmy Carter to take charge of the nation's energy problems. The group's goal: to produce a 50-page document outlining, as the President put it in last week...
...business experience to the table than Blumenthal had," Agee says unblinkingly. At Bendix, Agee helped to install what he calls "early-warning systems" in budgetary planning to forestall "unpleasant surprises." He joined Blumenthal in leaning hard on lower-level executives to meet high profit goals. By December 1976, the boss was so impressed that he abolished the troika of No. 2 men and anointed Agee president. Only two weeks later, Blumenthal got Carter's call and Agee became chairman...