Word: relationship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...speaking with remarkable perception and good humor about her commitment to the fantastical and fiercely competitive world of dance. There, and in a second session at Washington's Watergate Hotel, she answered all questions about her on-and offstage rivalry with Sister Johnna, a dancer herself; her maturing relationship with Choreographer George Balanchine; her feelings about music; the physical breakdown that lost her a starring movie role in The Turning Point; and her new-found artistic maturity. When she discovered that her interviewer was a fellow New Yorker, she also celebrated the Upper West Side. Hillenbrand had feared...
...Adams was ordered by the Justice Department to give top priority to investigations of racketeering in the Teamsters Union. But agents soon discovered that two targets, Teamster Boss Frank Fitzsimmons and a powerful Ohio Teamster leader, were insulated from the probe by their "informant's relationship" with high FBI officials. The agents say that the Ohio Teamster leader manipulated the investigation by putting the bureau on the trail of his union enemies, small fry who were not essential to the case. Many agents question the value of using union chiefs as informants, insisting that they gain immunity from investigation...
...formulating a new charter for the FBI, which, Bell promises, should be ready by July. In short, Webster has been as busy as Americans would expect a new FBI director to be. As his knowledge of how the FBI functions deepens with time, his refutation of his "Charlie McCarthy" relationship with Adams-"I am the director of the FBI, and I am running it"-should increasingly ring true...
...fascinating aspect of the Rhodesian dilemma is the uncertain relationship between the two leaders of the Patriotic Front. Nkomo, a shrewd and experienced politician, favors a negotiated settlement and open elections because he thinks he has a chance of winning the presidency of an independent Zimbabwe, the African name for Rhodesia. Mugabe, the ideologue, is more committed to violent takeover and authoritarian rule thereafter. Unlike Nkomo, who has a base of political support among the Matabele tribesmen of southwestern Rhodesia, Mugabe is not widely popular at home and can only lose from an election. But if negotiations collapse...
...Deal channeled the relationship of America to its government," Will said. "The United States has more than the skeleton of the welfare state," he added, "It has the meat and the muscle as well...