Word: fiefdom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last two have a similarly collaborative ring: sciences and the arts are firmly in the fiefdom of Dean ofthe Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles...
Knowles, whose administrative fiefdom must payfor any aid increases, would still not commit lastweek to anything beyond a review of aid options bya committee over the summer...
...look into that world, a sort of parallel universe in which protecting "us" from "them" can cost "us" dearly, as Colbert--college student, aspiring FBI agent and a man free of any criminal history--was about to discover on that Friday night. Unwittingly, Colbert walked into a fiefdom commanded by a rogue cop so intimidating that he had cowed an entire neighborhood, and so clever that he had won 14 perfect job ratings in 14 years...
Deans of the various Harvard faculties might be compared to lords of the manor in English fiefdom...
...Rudenstine has realized what he needs from a provost. It was Carnesale the man, the decision-maker, who made the provostship what it is, and with the dynamic of Carnesale-Rudenstine hinging so much on their respective leadership styles, it is unclear if Fineberg, while having mastered the fiefdom, can be co-majesty of the kingdom...