Word: honchoing
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...perhaps the world's most dangerous terrorist operative--until Pakistani agents nabbed him at 2:30 a.m. Saturday at a house in Rawalpindi owned by a retired 75-year-old microbiologist. Unlike the wild shoot-out in Pakistan that preceded the capture in September of another al-Qaeda honcho, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mohammed's capture went quietly. Inside the rambling, two-story house, in a neighborhood inhabited by retired army generals, Pakistani Interior Ministry officials say they found Mohammed and another suspected al-Qaeda operative of Middle Eastern origin. The two were seized along with the scientist's son, an unemployed...
...nearly a decade after creator Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, Trek producers--particularly new honcho Rick Berman, a TV veteran who had overseen Cheers and Family Ties--furiously tried to freshen the brand. Though he denies it, Berman seemed to be courting those exotic creatures rarely associated with sci-fi: women. On the small screen, his team launched the spiritual Deep Space Nine in 1993 and the political Voyager (helmed by a female captain) in 1995. The films Generations (1994) and Insurrection (1998) seemed more concerned with the captains' emotional lives than their ability to outsmart Romulans...
...didn't help that long-simmering policy feuds between O'Neill and Lindsey--at bottom reflecting the mutual distrust between a corporate honcho and an intellectual--were getting increasingly personal. Lindsey was fingered for leaking damaging criticism of O'Neill and Hubbard. At strategy sessions with Bush, O'Neill frequently interrupted Lindsey to disagree with him. "There was no creative tension," says a senior aide, "just tension." After the bloodletting last week, staff members for each man blamed the other for their boss's misfortune. For a White House that prides itself on unity and order, it was an exceptional...
...nearly a decade after creator Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, Trek producers - particularly new honcho Rick Berman, a TV veteran who had overseen Cheers and Family Ties - furiously tried to freshen the brand. Though he denies it, Berman seemed to be courting those exotic creatures rarely associated with sci-fi: women. On the small screen, his team launched the spiritual Deep Space Nine in 1993 and the political Voyager (helmed by a female captain) in 1995. The films Generations (1994) and Insurrection (1998) seemed more concerned with the captains' emotional lives than their ability to outsmart Romulans. Many serious fans...
Last, but certainly not least, there has been a widely publicized feud between the head honcho of the Summer School—Dean of Continuing Education and Extension Michael Shinagel—and a certain Summer School faculty member, Professor Hue Briss. Apparently, Dr. Briss had been taking his students to Red Sox games instead of holding class. Shinagel summoned him to a meeting where it was suggested that perhaps doing one’s job is the best way of doing one’s job. Briss had never been challenged by anyone, ever, about anything, and was extremely...