Word: fiefdoms
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...then keeps a sharp eye on them. "He's not on your back, but he wants to be informed about everything, good or bad," says Eric Cesari, a member of Sarkozy's presidential Cabinet at the Council of Hauts-de-Seine, the suburban belt outside Paris that includes his fiefdom of Neuilly. "He can be demanding, even harsh and rude, but what he wants is that you tell him the truth. He has no use for yes men." Says Jacques Gautier, Sarkozy's vice president on the Council: "You never have to wait for him to decide...
...Arafat. The Palestinian leader - elected in a race that could hardly be described as competitive - was an incorrigible autocrat, who had accumulated massive amounts of political and financial power in his own hands, bypassing the elected legislature and democratic institutions. He was running the Palestinian Authority as his personal fiefdom, the argument went, stoking militancy and blocking the emergence of a moderate consensus through his political control...
...make nukes a clean, safe choice for the post-oil future. Muriel Mayette Head Of La Comedie-Francaise Last month she became administrator general of the prestigious state theater, a male redoubt since its founding in 1680. She told Le Monde she intends to make it "a symbolic fiefdom for the defense of French culture." Laurence Parisot President Of Medef The CEO of the marketing firm IFOP has brought an unpatriarchal touch to France's main confederation of employers since her election in 2005. Her criticism of the government's youth employment law last spring turned out to be uncannily...
...that it has killed Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is a sign that the military has failed to understand that its belligerent tactics only make matters worse. Bugti was a rebel leader and a member of an oppressive class of tribal chieftains who control much of Baluchistan as their personal fiefdom. But he was also a former governor of the province and a respected elder to many Baluch. His death, which has triggered unrest and rioting in Baluchistan, is symbolic of our government's refusal to address the grievances of large numbers of Pakistanis who feel ignored and marginalized by Islamabad...
Schizopolis is the name of a metaweird movie that Steven Soderbergh once wrote, directed, photographed and starred in (playing two roles, of course). It might also be the name of the artistic fiefdom he has created. Few Hollywood directors have such a distinct signature--or, rather, two of them. One part of Soderbergh's brain makes can't-miss caper films and weepie dramas (Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich) with the town's priciest talent. Another part is indelibly indie: he will shoot an ad-lib HBO series about lobbyists (K Street), or remake a mystical Russian...