Word: bossing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...boss G-man concluded wrongly that there were no teeth on the gears in the mind of Jones. 'You're completely crazy,' he said...
Laird--intelligent, partisan, combative, behind-the-scenes boss of the House Republicans--probably agrees with observers who expect him to be the most powerful man in the Cabinet. Besides serving on the defense subcommittee, Laird was ranking GOP member on the House Appropriations HEW-Labor subcommittee. His strong views on urban problems, plus his intimate knowledge of legislative procedures, will probably cause him to try to influence the Administration's domestic and Congressional strategies...
Nixon intends Robert Finch, his closest friend, to be the central figure in domestic policy as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Finch is a "moderate" Republican, just like his boss. But he gets along well with California's right-wing extremists. He directed U.S. Sen. George Murphy's campaign in 1964, and he ran comfortably on Ronald Reagan's ticker for Lieutenant-Governor. Perhaps both men have decided that the cities deserve more than tax incentives to lure business into the ghettoes, but they have no indicated any change of heart since the election. Nixon's biggest contribution...
...Kissinger's that attracted the most attention-because of the man (see following story), because of the sensitive nature of the post, and because Nixon labeled Kissinger his instrument for a "complete reorganization and restructuring of the entire White House security planning machinery." If Kissinger and his new boss have their way, that will mean the resurrection of the National Security Council as a major organ of government...
...When there's trouble, the Boss wants Bob." Nixon all but announced last week that he had chosen his old friend Robert Hutchison Finch for Sec- retary of Health, Education and Welfare. In a jocular speech, Finch, 43, remarked, "I've worked with the President-elect a long time and I can tell you there hasn't been much health in it, there hasn't been much welfare in it, but it's been a damn good education." In the process, he has matured as a consummate politician who is likely to be the next...