Word: bosses
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...rose to become the reputed boss of New York City's Gambino crime family, John (Big John) Gotti survived a planned rubout by rival mobsters, a four-year prison term for attempted manslaughter, and a sensational eight-month trial in 1987 that led to his acquittal on racketeering charges. Last week he confronted what prosecutors claim to be the most formidable charges brought against the dapper reputed gangster since a murder indictment 15 years ago. Gotti claims he makes his living as a salesman for a plumbing company...
...report: doing favors for chum E. Robert Wallach, who is awaiting trial for his part in the Wedtech scandal, and participating in decisions on companies in which he owned stock. To no one's surprise, Meese's lawyer called the report a "travesty of justice," and former boss Ronald Reagan deemed it "unwarranted...
Almost heretically, given the Republican Party's current center of gravity, National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft has moved his boss to the center by calling him a "Rockefeller Republican." To the Republican right, those are fighting words. So repugnant was Nelson Rockefeller's pragmatic moderation that they forced him from Gerald Ford's ticket in 1976. "Look at most of the ((Bush)) Cabinet and White House staff," says George Clark, the former New York State Republican leader who supported Reagan in 1980 against the preferences of the state party's dominant Rockefeller wing. "The more I see and read...
...following Bush's wishes, Quayle will keep his mouth shut except when talking one on one with the President, whom he will serve as a general adviser on the whole range of policy issues. Like his predecessor, Quayle already has a standing once-a- week lunch date with his boss; they will eat together every Thursday. Quayle will also have some responsibility for space exploration and regulatory reform issues...
...acorns. He spread them out on the veranda beyond his window and watched the scramble. His staff found a squirrel-size sign that read BEWARE OF DOGS and placed it along the squirrel path. When President-elect Bush came around for his final minutes with his old mentor and boss, Reagan pointed out the sign, mindful that the Bushes will move in with a pregnant English springer spaniel named Millie and before long the grounds will swarm with puppies. "I'll keep the sign right there," promised Bush...