Word: chairmanship
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...like he was trying to be a host of a party and all the guests wanted him to leave." ANGELA STEVENS, Disney shareholder, who attended the meeting at which Michael Eisner was stripped of his chairmanship...
...hostages scheme unraveled, it became clear there would have to be a full, formal Iran-contra investigation. But Kerry was kept off the resulting panel. His high profile and relentless digging had made him a little too radioactive by that time. As a consolation prize, he was given the chairmanship of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations, which led to the next wave of investigations into Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's drug trafficking, and money laundering through the Middle Eastern Bank of Credit & Commerce International...
DICK GRASSO After he got the New York Stock Exchange up and running within days of the 9/11 attacks, the N.Y.S.E. chairman became a symbol of the country's resilience. But he was forced from the chairmanship two years later and became an emblem of corporate greed. Grasso resigned when it was revealed that he would receive $140 million in deferred pay, a staggering sum approved by the corporate titans he was charged with regulating...
...really found his niche," says a friend. "He recognizes you don't have to have the top power seat in the Senate to be extremely powerful." Lott has breathed life into the dormant Senate Rules and Administration Committee, whose chairmanship he got as a consolation prize after being deposed. He has used the panel to explore such politically sensitive proposals as changing the Senate's filibuster rules and the laws on presidential succession. And he could become a pest when Bush seeks approval for his $87 billion request for postwar Iraq. While Lott has told Bush aides he will support...
...Baer says it became clear five or six years ago that Raymond was the clan's best young leader. "The big danger of family companies is that the older generation cannot find the right moment to hand over the reins," says Thomas. He is not only giving up the chairmanship but also relinquishing his seat on the board to his son and will have more time to spend at his Tuscan vineyard...