Word: czars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like capitalism. In the highest echelons, Deng has been supported by Premier Zhao Ziyang and General Secretary Hu Yaobang, but has evidently run into some stiff resistance over the pace of his program from the three other members of the influential Politburo Standing Committee: President Li Xiannian, former Planning Czar Chen Yu and Marshal Ye Jianying, a Communist leader for half a century who may be the last party luminary strong enough to question Deng. Ye has been out of public sight for months, and there have been persistent rumors that he died before the plenum began. The party, according...
...Reagan folks in general-Defense czar Casper W. Weinberger '38 in particular-have a new vision of political systems that is sending government watchers scurrying back to the chalkboard. This time, however, not even trapezoids will do the trick...
...return for spending about eight hours a week on household chores, co-op students are guaranteed a wide range of benefits, from home-cooked meals that surpass standard dining hall fare to single rooms, their own laundry room and a continuous supply of beer provided by the "beer czar" whose duty is to keep the refrigerator well-stocked...
...return for spending about eight hours a week on housework residents are guaranteed everything from home-cooked meals to single rooms to a continuous supply of beer provided by the designated 'Beer Czar...
...American Football League appointed him its commissioner. Once he began romancing the N.F.L.'s star quarterbacks, the Establishment came around to the wisdom of merger. Whether or not he was more capable than Pete Rozelle, Davis became the odd commissioner out, and a man does not go from czar back to coach. Al took his place in the owner's box, but the game plans continue to be smudged with his fingerprints. Now and then, he also enjoys booting Rozelle around courtrooms...