Word: czar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Late last week that message seemed to be getting through. Amid alarming reports that steel shortages would have a crippling effect on industry, Lord Carrington, Heath's new energy czar, said that full electrical power would be restored to the steel industry. At the same time, Carrington announced that the government was considering extending the work week to four days. Union lead ers promptly charged that the emergen cy measures had been a "gigantic bluff'; others questioned whether the ease-up was a ploy before calling an election. Carrington denied...
...weekend to talk over the budget for the next fiscal year and never did get to see the boss. Indeed, Ash has met with the President only three times to discuss final decisions on the budget, which will chart the course of the Government. Only Energy Czar William Simon has been in frequent touch with Nixon lately (see cover story page 22). The White House staff will soon be weakened by the departure of the only two seasoned political aides that Nixon has. Melvin Laird will be leaving at the end of this month, and Bryce Harlow has said...
...general, though, Simon's show of purpose, vigor and decisiveness has won almost unanimous praise. The energy czar has moved quite deliberately to heighten his take-charge impression by running an open shop, which is remarkable in an Administration noted for its secrecy. By now, Simon must have set some sort of record for appearances on TV. He comes across to some watchers as self-assured and purposeful, to others as arrogant. Newsmen are delighted by his habit of returning their calls, no matter how late he has been working, and insisting that his staff do the same. Right...
...energy czar has a quick temper, and aides dread being chewed out by him. But the storms almost always blow over and are swiftly forgotten. Simon has a sense of humor, too. When his patron Shultz once angrily told the press that White House Aide Melvin Laird should "keep his cotton-picking hands" off tax matters, Simon sent Laird a pair of white gloves...
...This Christmas Day Alexandre Emmanuel arrived. Two days after taking Justin to the hospital in Ottawa to see his brother, Trudeau announced the name of his newborn son. He said he had selected Emmanuel (Hebrew for God with us), while his wife had chosen Alexandre, "after the saint, the Czar or the Pope-take the one you want," joked Trudeau, adding that the baby would be known simply as Sacha...