Word: honcho
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ford's wife Melissa Mathison. Pitt is currently making Seven Years in Tibet. Two sources told the International Campaign for Tibet that they saw the list on a wall at a Chinese Information Travel Service office in Lhasa. "It was in a back room, the office of the head honcho," says John Ackerly, spokesman for the group. A CITS spokesperson in Beijing denied the existence of the list...
...instance, some Dole campaign honcho like Nelson Warfield, who has often seen turning points that are not immediately apparent to others, might answer a question about the Canadian survey results by saying, "Canadians can't vote. So Senator Dole emerged from those surveys completely unscathed in terms of the Electoral College. So I think the 'downward spiral' that some in the press like to talk about has been checked. In that sense this can be seen as an indication that the Dole campaign is beginning to take hold...
Your story included a graphic illustration indicating that President Clinton vetoed the securities-litigation reform bill "four days after his White House dinner with trial-lawyer honcho Bill Lerach." To set the record straight, the dinner was a White House Christmas party attended by more than 250 people. My contact with the President was limited to 30 seconds of social chitchat. I did not discuss the legislation with him that night. In fact, I have never discussed it personally with the President. WILLIAM S. LERACH San Diego...
...quest began with HOLLIS. I ran a title search for Hustler: nothing. Juggs: "Sex": ordered but not received at Widener and Schlesinger. Playgirl: nothing. Honcho: the search produced "Honcho Goshi Yakuchu," a book by Eino Kano. But that didn't help...
...years ago, having quit as artistic director of American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov founded the White Oak Dance Project, a small company of experienced dancers -- the youngest current member is 31, the oldest is Baryshnikov, now 46 -- to tour with a variety of modern works. Both the troupe and its honcho have thrived. In 90 cities, it has almost always been a sellout. But until last week, the itinerary had never included New York City...