Word: chairman
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That such a notorious white supremacist could run and win under the G.O.P. banner was especially embarrassing to Lee Atwater, chairman of the Republican National Committee. Atwater has embarked on a campaign to broaden his party by attracting more blacks. He derided Duke as "a pretender, a charlatan and a political opportunist" who turned Republican shortly before the special election primary on Jan. 21. Duke finished first in a seven-candidate field...
...figure in the lawmakers' investigation is Peter MacDonald, 60, Chairman of the Navajo nation, whose reservation encompasses 17 million acres in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Raised to be a medicine man, MacDonald went on to become a successful aerospace engineer. In the 1960s he gave up a lucrative job to return to his people and help manage their finances. It turns out, investigators say, that he managed only too well...
Elected tribal Chairman in 1970, MacDonald set out to improve the Navajos' economy by demanding better prices for the tribe's oil, coal and natural-gas reserves. Along the way, say his critics, the Chairman spent tribal funds profusely. He reportedly hired a public relations firm for $1.5 million. He had his office in Window Rock, Ariz., remodeled for $600,000, of which $4,800 alone went to pay for carved office doors. He chartered a jet for more than $18,000 to take him and his family to the 1988 Orange Bowl...
...plan to Jordan and Egypt for an approving welcome. And before proceeding on to Iran and Iraq, Shevardnadze spent four days in Cairo for a bit of showmanship that could not help grabbing headlines: back-to-back meetings with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Arens and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat...
...Sinatra- Minnelli-Davis concert is still being tabulated, but will probably fall well short of 100,000. Still, the concert's packager, Showtime Event Television, is pursuing other big stars for PPV events, and industry executives are bullish. "We're building an electronic arena," says Jeffrey Reiss, chairman of Request Television. "The day will come when Bruce Springsteen will be playing pay-per-view at the end of his tour. We're betting on the future...