Word: helm
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Benkhedda, 42, resembles his nickname, "M'sieu Tout le Monde" (Mr. Everybody). With a diffident manner and an emotionless voice, he is not the sort of charismatic figure usually found at the helm of revolutions. But he is a tough, machine-minded organization man who fought skillfully as a terrorist against the French, and is proving equally adept at intraparty warfare. His opponent, Ben Bella, 45, was one of the nine founders of the F.L.N. (only four others are alive today), a passionate orator and "activist," and still an authentic hero to millions of Algerians. In 1949 he held...
...nosed out by Corny Shields and Briggs Cunningham in Columbia. Last summer, he signed on as skipper of Chandler Hovey's Easterner, a boat that had not won a single race in the 1958 trials; with it, he beat Columbia and Weatherly his first time at the helm. But when Owner Hovey would not give him a free hand to select a crew for this summer's trials, Mosbacher quit and joined Henry Mercer's four-year-old Weatherly...
Those who hold such executive positions know well that it is nearly impossible to see this when in office. Outsiders may talk of a more human or a more communicative person at the helm, but they do not at that time hold the responsibility of office. One wrapped up in administration inevitably becomes more mechanistic, more functionary...
...comfortable with is somebody named Merv Griffin, who has slopped over from daytime game shows. When Griffin is blessed with glib guests-as he was on several shows last week-he is at least innocuous and agile at keeping the conversation alive. Art Linkletter's turns at the helm suggest a scoutmaster on a field trip...
...Sometimes I wish I were a dictator ... A ruler, a strong man, a titan ... With a ruthless grasp on power and an iron grip on the helm of government ... But loved ... The law is my law the people are my people, whomever I conquer remains conquered. Premier Bernard, King Bernard, Czar Bernard ... Boy ... Then Could I meet girls...