Word: leon
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...Countless words have been devoted to the presidency, and still its dimensions remain indescribable. Two words that recur poignantly are power and loneliness. Former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta recalls a moment in 1994 that for him expresses the intersection of these burdens and the essence of the office. Bill Clinton had called for a military dictator in Haiti to step down, and the crisis had ratcheted up to the point where "the ships were moving, the Navy SEALs were on alert." Some of the most experienced statesmen in Washington "were all standing around the desk saying...
Police officers from the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) collected fingerprints at the scene on Sunday, Besl and Leon said...
...store’s door showed no sign of forced entry, according to Besl and Pforzheimer House Building Manager Mario E. Leon...
...extremists hew to Leon Trotsky's doctrine of "entrism," moving into established organizations to bring about revolutionary change...
...economic policies. Howe's successor at Treasury is Nigel Lawson, formerly Secretary of Energy and another loyal Thatcherite. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Secretary William Whitelaw, whom Thatcher considered too moderate, has been elevated to the House of Lords. His Home Office job will be filled by Leon Brittan, a fast-rising Thatcher favorite and onetime deputy to Howe at Treasury. Conservative Party Chairman Cecil Parkinson was rewarded for his conduct of the election campaign by being made head of an expanded Department of Trade and Industry...