Word: leadership
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many respects, says Ralph Salerno, who was the New York City police department's chief Mafia expert until his retirement in 1967, the leadership has always been a "happy marriage of Italians and Jews." Salerno adds: "It's the three Ms?moxie, muscle and money. The Jews provide the moxie, the Italians provide the muscle, and they both provide the money." In the public mind, however, Cosa Nostra is identified with the Italians, and about 22 million Italian-Americans are being hurt in reputation by the depredations of a very...
Other observers are more sympathetic to Sandoval, believing that his efforts are withering in the absence of any forceful leadership from the White House...
What is needed, say critics, is personal leadership by the President to straighten out the SBA, coordinate the tangle of Government programs and enroll the assistance of bankers and other private businessmen. The businessmen seem eager, if only given direction from Washington, to provide markets and managerial help. Indeed, so successful is the National Alliance of Businessmen, which was founded during the Johnson Administration to find jobs for the hard-core unemployed, that Nixon might consider starting a National Alliance of Enterprise through which experienced businessmen could coordinate public and private efforts to get black capitalism going...
...form at Cambridge, and even at that, the Crimson still cannot offer a sold all-round performer at that position. Champi has the best throwing arm of any quarterback in Harvard history, but despite his Yale game performance, he has not yet proven his ability to provide stable technical leadership. Roda is an unknown quantity, although in two freshman games at Villanova he threw seven touchdown passes. Smith has most of the ingredients but has not yet used them together, and Crace faces a problem in a system that seldom starts sophomores at quarterback...
...Harvard had worse problems last year, and Yovicsin came up with Lalich, a JV quarterback who supplied excellent leadership and running ability at the varsity level despite early doubts. Perhaps the same situation will occur in September...