Word: supervisors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brutal murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, 49, and Supervisor Harvey Milk, 48, in their city hall offices almost five years ago set in motion events that are still unfolding. Moscone's death resurrected the then fading political career of Dianne Feinstein, who as president of the board of supervisors automatically succeeded him as mayor. She later won election in her own right. Milk, the self-styled "mayor of Castro Street" (the center of San Francisco's major homosexual district), became a martyred pioneer of gay politics and a recognized trail blazer...
...Students do a much better job. I'd hate to go to an outside contractor because it would create utter chaos," said Joe A. Dussault, supervisor of custodial services...
...medical sleuthing-that's the most fun. The clues start to fall into place step by step as you go through it." The disease detective's zeal is admired by his superiors. "His is the old hard-work ethic," says Dr. Mitchell Cohen, Holmberg's supervisor. "What we constantly do is pose questions. If one question doesn't pan out, he'll take another approach...
...little cliched. Don't worry that her make-up was thicker than Rustoleum, or that her blue eyes could stop you like a rabbit in front of headlights. So what if she made no move without two directors, three camera operators, light men, sound men, make-up men, script supervisor, innumerable assistants with blaring walkie talkies...
...fiefdoms around the University, market considerations give way to what administrators call "equity" concerns. An official's salary can diverge up to about 3 percent from the average set by the Corporation, Putnam says. How much it does depends entirely on the judgment of one person: the individual's supervisor...