Word: bossed
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Died. Palmiro Togliatti, 71, boss of Italy's Communist Party since World War II; following a stroke; near Yalta, Russia (see THE WORLD...
Eleanor Roosevelt, of course, all but made the role of First Lady an official national office. Harry Truman called Bess "the boss"-and in many ways she was, though she never pretended to be more than a displaced housewife. Once Truman found her burning some of the letters he had written to her. "Bess, you oughtn't to do that," protested Harry. "Why not? I've read them several times," said Bess. "But think of history!" pleaded the President. "I have," murmured Bess as she tossed the last bundle into the fire. Mamie Eisenhower, always the general...
Newport jangled with rumors of arguments among Eagle's crew. Skipper Cox, swallowing earlier statements about "the best crew any 12-meter ever had," bounced veteran Deck Boss John Nichols and one alternate. Concerned about the boat's sluggishness in light air, Eagle Designer Bill Luders narrowed the forward edge of her keel, replaced the lost weight with inside ballast, and reduced the rudder area...
...terms called for CBS to pay Yankee Owners Dan Topping and Del Webb $11.2 million cash for 80% of the franchise. Topping and Webb would retain 10% each until 1969, after which CBS had the option of buying them out. Until then, Topping would remain as president and operating boss, running the club as an "independent" subsidiary...
Despite such popular performance, the railroad suffered a $100 million deficit last year. The proud boss of the Bundesbahn's 470,000 employees, President Heinz Maria Oeftering, 60, a Munich-born onetime law professor, blames the loss not on the expensive extra service but on the "wholly extraneous expenditures" that the government makes the railroad bear. Although its long-haul passenger trains make money and lucrative freight accounts form 60% of its revenues, the Bundesbahn has to carry such privileged patrons as commuters, students, workers and war veterans at government-dictated cut rates (up to 96% off). An even...