Word: facto
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Within a few years, Barkouras, smartly turned out in well-cut European suits, was de facto head of the clinic and was earning $250,000 a year. His patients included members of Oklahoma City's most powerful and socially elite families. He and his German-born wife Marga lived in a $200,000 modern house, drove Cadillacs and maintained a summer retreat in Loutraki, a Greek resort city...
...ideological haunches. Max Lerner agrees with many commentators, including the Chicago Tribune's Michael Kilian, that the Reagan landslide has "all but wiped out Ted's strategic position." The Christian Science Monitor's Godfrey Sperling demurs: "[Edward Kennedy] seems well positioned to become the de facto head of the party-and to be its 1984 presidential candidate." Meantime, New York magazine's Michael Kramer knocks out the Republican early form: "Where is Kemp today? He is a front runner for the 1984 Republican presidential nomination (assuming Reagan is a one-termer), and there is only...
Following the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy '40. McCormack served for 13 months as both speaker and de facto vice-president under President Lyndon B. Johnson. "Though McCormack was overshadowed by Rayburn and Johnson, he was an effective...
...last to accept the existence of Israel "within secure and recognized boundaries," if Israel would agree to similar recognition of a Palestinian state. Said Uri Avnery, a prominent leftist member of the Knesset: "This has been in the works for years. It was a minor breakthrough in the de facto recognition of Israel by the P.L.O...
...prices. Among them: the establishment of more representative trade unions and the building of a monument to the 49 Gdansk workers killed during the 1970 riots. Seeking to avoid another bloody confrontation, officials at first showed a surprising willingness to negotiate, even at the risk of conferring a de facto legitimacy on the right to strike. Hours after the Gdansk action began, the state-controlled press reported that the government had offered a $40-a-month pay increase, a sum the strikers rejected. But official patience appeared to fray as the strike spread. Shortly after Gierek returned from a visit...