Word: tyrant
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...under direct supervision, worked well when he was alone. The company's consulting psychiatrist confirmed that the man was "allergic to supervision"; he was put to work in a position of responsibility-by himself-and the pains disappeared. The boss may often appear as a maniacal tyrant to the worker who is grappling with his own problems. When a pretty Du Pont receptionist complained bitterly to Dr. Gordon about her boss, he discovered that she had a personal problem, suggested a way to solve it. Later, with her problem solved, she called Dr. Gordon...
...news out of this remote corner is that it is not the British but the Imam of Yemen who is falling back. Early last year the old (68) tyrant had to go to Italy for medical treatment. While he was away, the heir apparent, Crown Prince Badr, unable to hold the warring Yemeni tribesmen in line, emptied the royal treasury in paying out great sums to keep their allegiance. When the Imam got back last August, he had to retrench. He sent home some 70 Egyptian technicians brought in by his son, stopped the costly flow of rifles...
...spedes is so skilled that she can make this trite crisis the means of her restless heroine's selfdiscovery. The maid, Erminia, is a simple village girl who likes her mistress but finds her life confusing. She leaves to take a job with a woman who is a tyrant but at least leads a recognizable life: mistress of the house but subordinate to her husband, the master. Through Erminia's desertion. Irene comes to see that tedious family convention is not necessarily more depressing than her own joyless burden of freedom...
With the change in the corporation's stature, points out Eugene V. Rostow, dean of the Yale Law School, the public image of it has drastically changed. Once, the corporation was symbolized by "a grim and energetic tyrant, single-mindedly driving his staff on to new feats of money-making." Today it proudly boasts of its duties to society, gives out scholarships to deserving students, sparks fund drives, joins in community affairs...
...There was a wave of liberalism through the hemisphere," he remembers. "News filtered in to us of the university reform in Argentina, the fight in Cuba against Dictator Gerardo Machado, Guerrilla Augusto César Sandino's battle against U.S. Marines in Nicaragua, the opposition to the tyrant Augusto Leguia in Peru...