Word: bossing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White House is deceptively calm, its boss off on his California ranch gathering strength by clearing brush and repairing fences. Nobody will know for certain the shape of his trillion-dollar budget until he hears the options and decides. Predicting Reagan's course is hazardous...
...remarks may have been to hasten an audience with the President. Instead of waiting for the final 1984 meeting of the General Assembly, Kirkpatrick hopes to talk to Reagan about her future within the next week or so. At that point, both her intentions and those of her boss should become clear once...
...coroner's office, even Dr. Frankenstein and Igor were more scientific. "Gentlemen," a coroner once declared when a head was found in a city sewer, "this is the work of a murderer." To quality as a deputy coroner, you had to possess the following: a letter from your ward boss, a wide-brimmed gray fedora, a diamond pinky ring, and a cigar. When somebody died of anything but natural causes, a deputy coroner rushed to the scene. They always rushed, because they were afraid the wagon men might grab a locket. Once there, it was the responsibility of the deputy...
Baker joked that he was the Senate's janitor, opening up the place every morning and keeping the political plumbing in good repair. But as the first Republican majority leader since 1953, he deftly walked the line between passive overseer and overbearing boss, nudging consensus into shape when he could, urging the White House to change legislative tacks when he could not. The institution is balky, filled with large egos and powerful fiefdoms. The majority leader has to wheedle and plead, wheel and deal, yet maintain an almost presidential gravity...
Perhaps Bush is merely fulfilling his duty to support his boss and secretly harbors sharp personal and ideological disagreements with the President. With a few notable exceptions, vice presidents have mouthed their bosses' rhetoric; rising politicians viewed the office as a political victory into obscurity...