Word: job
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...making the moves, Bush left unfilled the top job at the Pentagon. Former Sen. John Tower of Texas has long been rumored to be in line for the job of defense secretary. Incoming White House Chief of Staff John Sununu said Bush might appoint as many as five or so top defense officials at once...
This is not the first time she has gone against the University she calls "hell-bent on exploiting their own front yard--front and back." As head of a community group dedicated to keeping Harvard Square the way it is, she makes it her job to stop developers, like Harvard, who want to change...
...transition report), means that "on a variety of problems the ground which we can till for new ideas is a pretty narrow strip." Whatever solid nuggets there are in the reports are almost impossible to locate in the hustle and bustle of the transition. Experienced mid-to-upper-level job hunters in Washington have long since learned that their prospects improve once a new Administration has had a chance to settle in; perhaps idea purveyors should take the lesson to heart. As a senior Bush adviser puts it, "There's just no point in pitching us on high substance...
...glances, little toe-scuffing chats with the locals and the free play of his instincts. He can kick into angry overdrive with a grin still on his face, and is not above conducting a shy, country-boy courtship of a key witness (Frances McDormand) to get on with his job, which, as he sees it, is simply to find the criminals, not change the world...
...spell out which military programs he will put on hold. Bush's likely pick for Defense Secretary, former Texas Senator John Tower, would only add to the controversy. An unabashed hawk with strong ties to military contractors, Tower came under fire last week from moderates who think the job should go to a disciplined financial manager. Tower wants to bring his own associates into the Pentagon, but Bush's aides are insisting that he accept an efficient administrator as his second-in- command. Bush's negotiators, said a source close to both Bush and Tower, want to be sure "they...