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Word: bossed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ruling Politburo stripped former party chief Milos Jakes and Miroslav Stepan, the former Prague party boss, of party membership yesterday, accusing them of "grave political mistakes in resolving social tensions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Czech Premier Resigns After Negotiations | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...share to the play's convincing truthfulness. Ducey is sweetly sincere as Willy's neglected but aiming-to-please second son, Happy, who picks up Willy's fractured dream and vows to fulfill it after his father's death. Chip Rossetti puts out a convincing performance as Willy's boss Howard, but it is unfortunate that he has been forced to play three different parts throughout the drama. Two of these are pivotal characters in Willy's demise, and casting Rossetti in all three roles both detracts from his believability in any one and also creates some confusion...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Death of the American Dream | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

That leaves only one Iran-contra defendant still facing trial: former National Security Adviser John Poindexter. He insists that testimony by former President Ronald Reagan is vital to his defense. Reagan is resisting Poindexter's subpoena. If Judge Harold Greene rules that Poindexter's ex-boss need not testify, the retired admiral presumably will ask to have his case dismissed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran-Contra: And Then There Was One | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...managing partner of Arthur Young & Co., the accounting firm that audited Lincoln. Under Atchison's direction, the thrift got a clean bill of health. Later Atchison took a $930,000-a-year job as a vice president with Lincoln's parent company, American Continental Corp. Like his boss, Atchison took the Fifth before the committee several weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keating Takes the Fifth | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Shortly afterward, Bush's aides, particularly Baker, began talking -- first privately, then publicly -- about "helping" Gorbachev. They had heard the H word from their boss, so the taboo was lifted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: The Road to Malta | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

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