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Word: superchiefs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1975-1975
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Eaves became more of a headache than Inman. When the "superchiefs" 20-year-old nephew landed a job under the federal public service employment program, he confided how he did it: "My uncle told me who to see at city hall." The man Eaves picked as his personal secretary turned out to have a long police record. Eaves explained that he had hired the secretary to help rehabilitate him. But Jackson was unsympathetic: "I was surprised, to say the least." Both the nephew and the secretary lost their jobs. Jackson did not criticize Eaves in public; he credited his superchief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATLANTA: A Mayor Learning On the Job | 4/21/1975 | See Source »

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