Word: chairmen
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...York," said one top Democratic leader, "I could raise a million dollars in ten days if Kennedy just gave the word." Even if Kennedy doesn't give the word, some politicians believe that they can make him a candidate anyway. Last week a group of influential state chairmen met privately in Washington to discuss Kennedy's prospects. One notion was to use this winter's Democratic Party midterm conference as an opportune setting to whip up enthusiasm for Kennedy...
...board in Washington is the final authority. A succession of forceful chairmen-Marriner Eccles (1936-48), William McChesney Martin (1951-70), Arthur Burns (1970-78) and now Miller-have caused the other governors to fade into public obscurity, but they still have influence. Next to Miller on the current board, J. (for John) Charles Partee, a former head of the Fed staff and wise student of the economy, has the most clout. Henry Wallich, a former Yale professor, is the board's contact man with foreign central banks. A refugee from Germany, he lived through insane inflation there...
With one divorce for every two marriages in the U.S. these days, it might be expected that the breakup rate among top executives, who suffer special strains of heavy travel, unremitting tension and inescapable responsibility, would be extraordinarily high. Not so. Town & Country magazine surveyed the chairmen and presidents of the nation's 100 largest manufacturing companies-179 men in all -and found that 95% of them are still married to their first wives. The wives of a few of the others died, so the divorce rate at the top is even lower than 5%. The plump paychecks...
Over scrambled eggs and bacon at the White House last Thursday morning, Jimmy Carter broke some important news to the chairmen of the congressional budget committees, Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine and Representative Robert Giaimo of Connecticut. Said the President: "I think it's wise to go along with a lower...
...SAGA, a currently little-known branch of the Pentagon that is reported to be gaining steadily in influence with the top military brass. The civilians return two or three times a year--SAGA's top-secret guest list reportedly includes influential university presidents, major corporation officials and important foundation chairmen--and then they play around with new computer scenarios for blowing up the most strategic parts of the world. It's all a game, of course, and no one ever gets hurt; all that happens, it seems, is that the generals and their high-power friends manage to get some...