Word: officialdom
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...subdue tigers barehanded as the 15 who work for Hearst. Of that little band, none has reigned longer or more despotically than the Los Angeles Examiner's asp-tongued James H. (for Hugh) Richardson. In a 20-year running feud with slow-moving staffers and half the officialdom of Los Angeles, one-eyed Jimmy Richardson (he lost his right eye in a slingshot accident at the age of seven) has driven a long parade of newsmen to pressagentry. the bottle-or to fame. He also bullied and blarneyed his way to more newsbeats than any other Hearst city editor...
...brow darkens and he grows snappishly critical at even such a small economic friction as last month's unloading of low-priced U.S. turkeys onto the Ontario market. Dulles' talk with Diefenbaker is only the first that the Prime Minister will want to have with U.S. officialdom. The opening moves are under way for the Prime Minister to visit President Eisenhower later this year...
...spite of the pro-federal-aid efforts of the Illinois Education Association, Illinois officialdom does not want federal aid. In Virginia, not a single county or city has exhausted its bonding capacity, and from Governor Thomas Stanley and Senator Harry Byrd on down, most political leaders vigorously oppose help from the Government. In Maryland, the most serious classroom shortage is in Baltimore county, but even there educators are looking not to the U.S. but to the state for the funds they need...
...officialdom, it has long been an article of faith that Japanese resentment over U.S. occupation of Okinawa stems largely from ignorance of the true state of affairs. Acting on this assumption. General Lyman Lemnitzer, U.S. commander in. the Far East, last month invited twelve prominent Japanese politicians and businessmen to visit the island and see conditions for themselves...
...whose family had opposed both Hitler and the Kaiser, started publishing at a time when West Germany's press was still timorous under Allied controls. His announced purpose was to protect the Untertan (underdog) from Obrigkeiten, or big shots, puncture the German's traditional awe of officialdom. Sponsored by British occupation officials, Augstein's magazine blasted Allied Obrigkeiten so vociferously that he was forced to get new backing, change the magazine's name from Diese Woche (This Week). Starting out with $5,000 in January 1947, Der Spiegel grew fast...