Word: stewardship
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Wrapped up in the cause of the tyrannized colonies, Hancock was frequently out of town and handled the University's funds without troubling to keep books. By 1776, the school bad had enough, but Hancock paid no attention to hints that he resign his stewardship...
...during the stewardship of former Ambassador Chester Bowles, India was the testing ground of a promising Asian policy. In a land where hundreds of millions starve, there was a realization that a full belly is a better and cheaper defense against Communism than forced arms and defense treaties. When the Indian government planned economic self-development projects, the U.S. has been ready to lend technical assistance. But Bowles brooked no attempts to use American aid to shape India's economic or foreign policy in the American image. As a result, Bowles has gained an enormous following in a country which...
...only the beginning of a busy day for RKO. In New York three small stockholders filed suit demanding that a temporary receiver be appointed for the company "to prevent it from becoming insolvent." Almost simultaneously, they filed another suit against Howard Hughes, asking an accounting of "his stewardship [and] all damages caused by his mismanagement, neglect and reckless disregard of his duties" when he was boss of the big moviemaker...
...Labor unions must conform to standards of fair conduct and equal protection in the exercise of their stewardship." Stevenson said that a few unions have discriminated against employees on the basis of color or for other improper reasons. "That's not democracy. Unions which are given powers by the Government should be open to all on equal terms...
...political stature," said he, "has been sadly impaired by a succession of diplomatic blunders abroad and reckless spendthrift aims at home . . . There is a growing anxiety in the American home as disclosures reveal graft and corruption over a broad front in our public service. Those charged with its stewardship seem either apathetic, indifferent, or in seeming condonation . . . Despite failures in leadership, [the people] have it in their power ... to reject the socialist policies covertly and by devious means being forced upon us, to stamp out Communist influence which has played so ill-famed a part in the past misdirection...