Word: bossism
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...fatal heart attack. The heart attack has left the news media unsure what to do next. Most accounts of Contreras’ death focus on his remarkable biography or his achievements in the labor movement, but the stories all have an undercurrent of criticism, a hint that accusations of bossism have not died simply because Contreras...
...million Untouchables, he is keeping his group separate from the Janata Party, although he has agreed not to field any candidates directly against it. In a jab at Mrs. Gandhi and her ambitious younger son Sanjay, 30, Ram remarked that whatever people may say about Congress Party bossism, they should remember that during the emergency, "the whole country has been ruled by 1½ bosses...
...dems and dose" when he spoke. Daley gave a dull, technical, very formal speech and questions followed--mostly hostile ones,. Suddenly, the stiff, unnatural Richard Daley gave way to the mayor millions of Chicagoans worshipped. Malapropisms and Chicagoese returned--his blunt words chopped through the air. A student charged bossism. The answer to that was easy. "You either run the party or the party runs you," the mayor said...
...state Democratic primary had been rough and shrill. Hewlett, the Illinois secretary of state, called Walker "a bum" and an "irresponsible son of a bitch." Walker countered with angry charges of "bossism," saying that the issues all boiled down to whether or not the Daley machine "puppets" would control state government. In fact, Hewlett's victory-by 54% to 46%-reasserted Daley's power over the whole state and enabled the mayor to humble Walker, who had been feuding with the machine ever since he upset Daley's candidate for the governorship...
...that's bossism," he said...