Word: bossing
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Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger '38 and White House Chief of Staff Donald T. Regan '40, both of whom were undergraduates during the 300th anniversary (at which the University bestowed scores of honorary degrees), had reportedly been gently inquiring as to whether their boss would receive one as a condition for accepting Harvard's invite to speak at the second convocation on Friday, September...
Neuharth, who has led Gannett for the past 13 years, took the podium in Washington and said in a trembling voice, "I want to introduce Gannett's new boss." President John Curley, 47, would be taking over that day as chief executive officer, Neuharth explained. The announcement caught some seasoned Gannett watchers off guard. Still, it will probably not signal a complete change in corporate leadership. Neuharth, 62, will retain his title of chairman, and promised to be "very active" in that role, supervising long- term corporate strategy and acquisitions. Said Neuharth: "I love this company. I'm not going...
...Brown's first job was digging ditches for phone cables; Olson began by cleaning underground manholes. Neither executive has worked for any company other than AT&T. Over the years, the two men have adopted different styles of management. Subordinates describe Brown as a reserved and somewhat austere boss who tends to delegate authority. Olson, on the other hand, is said to be more direct and personable. He describes himself as "by nature, a hands-on manager...
...would petition the Federal Communications Commission to increase the company's most recent proposed long-distance rate cut to an average of 11.8%, by far the largest in its 101-year history. If approved, the new charges would take effect on June 1. AT&T's new boss, like its old one, clearly wants to keep Ma Bell's lock on the lucrative long-distance market...
Such charges have inevitably followed successful women and probably will until female bosses outnumber males. Goldberg makes a halfhearted attempt to portray Bourke-White as a feminist heroine, but concedes "she often acted in ways no self-respecting feminist could approve." Indeed. Impediments to her work regularly aroused hysterics and tears. When Author Erskine Caldwell decided that he did not want to continue collaborating with her on a book about the South, she "raped him," according to Caldwell's agent. (The collaborators were later married and divorced.) One of Bourke-White's long- suffering secretaries came to regard her boss...