Word: bossed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...editorials in most papers these days discuss the issues with the evenhandedness of a sociologist and the fervor of an accountant. They aim to inform and perhaps to persuade but not to dictate. The only outrageously opinionated fellow left is the cartoonist, no longer confined to illustrating the boss's prejudices and free to tweak Reagan or ridicule Tip O'Neill. In the past presidential election several newspapers declined to endorse a candidate. It wasn't so much a case of disliking both nominees as a decision that the paper shouldn't be in the business of proclaiming a preference...
Also victorious for the Crimson was the doubles pairing of Robin Boss and Martha Berkman, who racked up their third title in as many weekends in the "B" division...
...syndrome. "Something's got to give," protests Christopher Daggett, EPA administrator for New York and New Jersey. "Either we aren't going to have cleanups, or someone's going to bite the bullet and start accepting wastes. But Lord knows, no one wants to be first." Daggett and his boss, EPA Director Thomas, contend that there is no ready technology that can promptly solve the disposal problem. "We can't wait around until we have the ultimate answer," says Daggett. "This stuff is still being generated, and we have to deal with it today. So, yes, we are going...
...same bloodletting that chased Badalamenti from Sicily drove Buscetta to the protection of the authorities. Since he began talking last year, Buscetta has been shuttled back and forth between the U.S. and Italy, fingering mobsters in both countries. Giuliani's assistants are also prosecuting Paul Castellano, 70, reputed boss of the Gambino family. He is accused with nine other men of running a racket that stole autos and shipped them off for resale with forged registrations. His case will be followed next week by the racketeering trial of New York's Colombo family and its reputed boss, Carmine ("the Snake...
...multilingual Andrei Alexandrov-Agentov, a foreign policy adviser since 1966, and rubicund Leonid Zamyatin, head of the Soviet Central Committee's international information department since 1978. Zamyatin in particular appeared to confirm that there was a conscious attempt to temper the General Secretary's ebullience. He soon quoted his boss to the effect that "there is no Gorbachev style. Therefore, there can be no new style of leadership...