Word: czars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Choosing the AIDS Czar, Clinton-Style...
WASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton dallied for months before selecting an AIDS czar, Kristine Gebbie, last Friday. The previous day, members of the National Commission on AIDS visited HHS Secretary Donna Shalala and criticized the Administration bitterly. According to those present, chairman David Rogers said, "I'm incredulous that you could have screwed up so much." Seemingly disconcerted, Shalala periodically left the room. Re-entering for the last time, she said, "Done." An AIDS czar had been chosen...
...challenges. Whether they prove to have staying power remains to be seen, but there is no doubt they are currently gaining favor. In the past two years, at least half the new positions in the Politburo and Castro's Cabinet have been filled with young comers. The economic czar is another bike-riding yummie, Carlos Lage Davila, a 41-year-old pediatrician who is credited with designing Cuba's aggressive new policy to attract foreign investment. He may be the most important man in Cuba after Fidel and his brother Raul. A 28-year-old mechanical engineer, Felipe Perez Roque...
...AIDS CZAR...
...September, Epps will most likely find himself performing a balancing act between student and administrative concerns as the structural unification process begins. And it promises to be as difficult a fight for the Race Czar as he has seen all year...