| 单词 | political boss |
| 例句 | Although Garfield filled many government jobs from lists provided by Republican political bosses, he didn't please everyone. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead, political bosses awarded these jobs to friends and loyal associates who donated money or helped with the campaign. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Often in the pay of local political bosses, they had no national reach. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And I went to work for the New Brunswick Home News for the Middlesex County Democratic machine, and I fell in with a very tough old political boss in New Brunswick. Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The idea seized upon by the political bosses was devilishly simple: reverse the Chicago River. Can the Chicago River be saved? 2013-02-24T15:00:00Z In one indelible episode, a political boss dispatches PT Sir to a rural village to promote the party’s plans for a new school. Review | Megha Majumdar’s ‘A Burning’ is blazing up the bestseller list and emerging as the must-read novel of the summer 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Scott told The Washington Times that police chiefs struggle to balance good relations with their unions, the public and their political bosses. Cities’ top cops call it quits as respect for police dwindles 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Their complicated involvement in the two cases reflects the perils of the former president’s long habit of viewing lawyers as attack dogs or even political bosses rather than as advocates bound by ethical rules. Trump Indictment Shows Critical Evidence Came From One of His Own Lawyers 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Salas told Mangan that the powerful South Texas political boss George B. Parr - who wielded control with favors and coercion - ordered that some 200 votes be added to Box 13. ‘Window into history’: Tapes detail Lyndon B. Johnson’s stolen election 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Salas told Mangan that the powerful South Texas political boss George B. Parr — who wielded control with favors and coercion — ordered that some 200 votes be added to Box 13. ‘Window into history’: Tapes detail LBJ’s stolen election 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z George B. Parr, the South Texas political boss whom Salas served for a decade, shot himself to death in June 1975. AP WAS THERE: Uncovering Lyndon B Johnson’s stolen election 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Shults, who now writes about police issues, has argued in favor of legislation that grants police chiefs employment protections so they can’t be fired at will by political bosses. Cities’ top cops call it quits as respect for police dwindles 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z And why do they see such danger in the offing if their political bosses miss or ignore their cues for the shift to diplomacy? Can NATO and the Pentagon find a diplomatic off-ramp from the Ukraine war? 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z At a time when Britons are feeling a squeeze on living costs, Mr. Hancock’s decision to join the filming thousands of miles from Parliament and his constituency in West Sussex, angered his political bosses. Former U.K. Health Secretary Gets a TV Gig, Then a Suspension 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z With a sharp eye for the backstory, Haberman places special emphasis on Trump’s ascent in a late 1970s and 1980s New York demimonde of hustlers, mobsters, political bosses, compliant prosecutors and tabloid scandalmongers. Review | Trump’s origins in a New York world of con men, mobsters and hustlers 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Fares Zouein, who owns a Beirut sandwich shop, said he intended to vote for his local political boss, whom he refused to name, because the man uses his position to help the neighborhood. After Lebanon’s Collapse, Can an Election Fix the Country? 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z “What is being demanded by their political bosses is incongruent with what the chief knows is good law enforcement practices that protect the general public.” Cities’ top cops call it quits as respect for police dwindles 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Not unlike past political bosses, Trump has focused heavily on the mechanics of elections — who counts the votes, who certifies them — while ceaselessly sowing distrust in the system through false claims of vote rigging. Mar-a-Lago Machine: Trump as a Modern-Day Party Boss 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z One of those charged was a state senator and political boss named Andrew W. Clarke, who hired Mr. Hazel to represent him. John ‘Til’ Hazel Jr., lawyer and developer who transformed Virginia suburbs, dies at 91 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Unlike previous generations, these voters are not easily swayed by old political dynamics, such as regional allegiance, loyalty to political bosses, fear of North Korea or a desire to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula. Meet South Korea’s Swing Voters: Young, Broke and Angry 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z These are a very disparate and disunited bunch of business executives, state officials, local political bosses opportunistically grouped in the United Russia Party and even to some extent loyal media figures and intellectuals. Perspective | Russian oligarchs don’t have the power — or inclination — to stop Putin 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Throughout the 20th century, many Latin American countries were ruled by military dictators or political bosses. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Democrats have a problem that has bedeviled their leaders on and off ever since shrewd political bosses from Albany and stalwart Jeffersonians from Virginia founded what would become the party roughly 200 years ago. Opinion | Democrats Used to Be Able to Get Things Done. What Happened? 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Envoys went home 10 days ago seeking decisions from their political bosses to hurry things along. Talks to salvage Iran nuclear deal resume quietly in Vienna 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Then the comedians did a gag in which a drunken political boss with a grenade launcher blows up an election poster for President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party. For Russian comedians, political satire is no joke. It can now land them in jail. 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Buoyed by Mr. Sweeney and the influence of George E. Norcross III, a well-connected political boss, Democrats controlled most local and state offices. ‘Ed the Trucker’: The Trump Republican Who’s Riding High in New Jersey 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z He can hold forth on the history of Brooklyn political bosses in one breath and in the next recount a showdown with an Oregon religious sect. Curtis Sliwa Has New York’s Attention Again. Was That Always the Point? 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z “What kind of a person do you have to be to change your name, surname and also your appearance to please your political boss?” Kremlin critic decries doppelgangers at St Petersburg election 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z No one did anything to stop the Kanis, because they made themselves so useful to everyone in Libya’s political class, allying first with Tripoli’s political bosses and then with Hifter. Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z NSF is part of a cross-agency effort to harmonize those rules, and Panchanathan was careful not to get ahead of his political bosses, including newly installed presidential science adviser Eric Lander, in discussing the issue. ‘Speed and scale.’ One year into the job, NSF’s director prepares for massive budget growth 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Blunt yet secretive, the squatly-built Adelson resembled an old-fashioned political boss and stood apart from most American Jews, who for decades have supported Democrats by wide margins. Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul and GOP power broker, dies 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The only reason he got to run for the Senate was because the first four people his political boss wanted to run, wouldn't run. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z But Duarte rebuffed his political benefactor, and according to PRI sources, he lacked the skill to negotiate alone with local political bosses. Murder in Mexico: journalists caught in the crosshairs 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z As soon as Iraq’s political bosses realized how much money was to be made, they seized control of access to the auction. Inside the Iraqi Kleptocracy 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z The memoir’s jacket describes Hogan – who’s the son of a congressman – as an underdog who became a hero – spotlighting that he saved “his state from fiscal catastrophe” by staring down “entrenched political bosses.” Maryland’s Hogan launches book tour amid 2024 speculation 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Rules, laws and honesty meant little to Alexander McKenzie, a Gilded Age political boss in North Dakota who chummed around with deep-pocketed capitalists and U.S. senators. Review: ‘Conspiracy’ tells of gold rush and Gilded Age greed 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z They navigated a world dominated by urban political bosses, teaching them that special interests, inside traders, patronage hunters, double-dealers, hypocrites, weaklings and bullies all feature regularly in the public’s business. Opinion | Harry Truman saved the world. Who will save us now? 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z It has six political bosses — the five members of the L.A. L.A. officials are getting serious about overhauling this top homeless services agency 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The political bosses who preside over this graft are well known; some are staunch American allies. Inside the Iraqi Kleptocracy 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z "For most of American history, presidential nominations were decided by political bosses, who cut deals during party run meetings or caucuses," he said. Why Iowa caucuses are 'first in the nation': Brit Hume explains it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z As American candidate selection evolved from the days of political bosses to today’s caucuses and primaries, that process will continue to evolve. Why the race for the presidency begins with the Iowa caucus 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Greedy political bosses presided over cities, and labor disputes involved the naked use of force, with Pinkerton private security guards and state militias in open battle against striking workers. In impeachment spotlight, dueling views of professionalism appear 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z An image maker grooms the son of a political boss for a token bid in a U.S. Movies on TV this week: 'Casablanca,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Terminator' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z In the latter, he played the thuggish son of a Southern political boss. Rip Torn, volatile actor who gained comic renown on ‘The Larry Sanders Show,’ dies at 88 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The impetus was a civil suit against Roosevelt by William Barnes, a New York political boss who claimed libel when the former president accused him of being corrupt. Was Donald Trump like Teddy Roosevelt? 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Even when their party engaged in scandalous behavior, such as the “corrupt bargain” of the 1876 election, the requisite number of electors has done what their political bosses told them to do. Who gets hurt worst by the Electoral College? It's not Democrats — it's democracy 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z But this morning the meteorologist remains at home in Norman, Oklahoma, weathering a winter storm and hoping to learn more about his status from his political bosses. U.S. Senate confirms Kelvin Droegemeier to lead White House science office 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Many who want to shake up the system say that the Board of Elections, whose commissioners are also chosen by county political bosses, is part of the problem. How a Political Machine Works: 21 People Running for Office, Unaware 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Democrats and civil rights groups worry he will do the bidding of his political bosses and undermine the integrity of the decennial headcount. Census Bureau nominee becomes lightning rod for debate over 2020 census 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Who do you think you are running against someone who is one of the political bosses in New York?’” The next Ocasio-Cortez: can these candidates pull Democrats to the left? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The longtime political reporter Kyle Palmer had all but become “the political boss of California,” according to the late Marshall Berges, author of “The Life and Times of Los Angeles.” Visionaries and scoundrels made the Los Angeles Times, which returns to local ownership after 18 years 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z She became a political boss and a conservative icon. South Korea’s ousted president gets 24 years in prison 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z It also contains the base of Mike Madigan, the speaker of the Illinois House who is considered one of the last political bosses in the entire US and is a key Lipinski ally. Illinois primary pits rare 'Blue Dog' Democrat against progressive wing 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z He described Mr Robbins as an impartial civil servant committed to implementing the wishes of his political bosses. Civil servants want to 'frustrate Brexit' 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z It is not that political bosses have uniformly failed to recognise the dangers of air pollution, or taken no steps to curb it. As South Asians gasp for breath, governments sit on their hands 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z One of the most legendary senators to face expulsion proceedings was Huey Long, the Democratic political boss from Louisiana. Republicans consider expelling Roy Moore if he does win a Senate seat — a rare and severe punishment – LA Times 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z He also discovered the long-forgotten city accounting records of William M. Tweed, the Democratic political boss and a symbol of 19th-century urban graft; the papers were about to be thrown out at a city warehouse. Leo Hershkowitz, 92, Dies; Unearthed New York City History 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z He was raised in Compton, was a star football player at Centennial High and from 1993 to 2001 was the city’s undisputed political boss. Ex-Compton Mayor Omar Bradley guilty in public corruption case 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z He would gaze out over his guests, the grizzled political bosses, lawyers, judges, businessmen, journalists, boyfriends, and other recipients of his largesse, and call on them to speak. Where Trump Learned To Love Ritualized Flattery 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z He dispatched his most devious operative, Paul Corbin, to lean on political bosses in the northern states, then tried to cover up his own role. Opinion | Robert Kennedy: compassionate or vengeful, or both? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z These panels of volunteers, many of them appointed by local political bosses, hold no binding power and are only an advisory voice on issues like land use, construction and zoning. Islamophobia’s anniversary 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z There is a long history of surgeons general creating unwanted controversy for their political bosses; among the only ways that the government’s top medics usually gain attention is when they leave office under a cloud. Nurse Replaces Surgeon General After Obama Appointee Resigns 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Stephenson, who served as the de facto political boss for the entire state, was convicted of murdering a young woman. I Thought I Understood the American Right. Trump Proved Me Wrong. 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z In a bungled attempt to anticipate the wishes of their new political bosses, the U.S. Firestorm over supposed gag order on USDA scientists was self-inflicted wound, agency says 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z She ran afoul of a man named Sylvanus Lowry, a political boss who flouted Minnesota law by refusing to free his slaves. How the First American Woman to Be a Political Journalist Got Her Start 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Abuelas may not quite be a new kind of political boss, but with expansive and interconnected social and family networks, the ones working on Mrs. Clinton’s behalf are persuasive messengers. How Do You Say ‘Vote for Clinton’ in Spanish? Ask the Abuelas 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The ad, backed by New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, says that “Trenton political bosses” will use tax proceeds unwisely. Union launches effort against New Jersey casino expansion 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z These banks are under intense pressure from provincial political bosses to keep lending and help sustain big employers like state-owned enterprises, at a time when the entire country’s economy is slowing. Trillions in Murky Investments Could Rock China’s Economy 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z During these eras the selection of the vice-presidential nominee was usually an afterthought, the result of political bosses’ calculations after the two-party system emerged in the 1830s. Why the Running-Mate Picks Matter 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Instead, fatally as it has now transpired, he was always a “Eurosceptic – but not as Eurosceptic as you are”, as he put it to his first political boss, the former chancellor Norman Lamont. The downfall of David Cameron: a European tragedy 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Redistricting abuse by parties in power limits competition and accountability for state representatives and senators, who come to care more about pleasing political bosses in Springfield than the folks back home. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Burials include veterans of World War I and II and the Korean War, as well as black political boss Horace Adams and Anthony Speed, St. Clair County’s first black deputy sheriff. EXCHANGE: Researcher to share black cemetery records 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Three of his new ministers are the sons of regional political bosses. Dilma Rousseff and the Chronic Dysfunction of Brazil’s Politics 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The party’s members took on Lebanon’s political bosses in an election with high symbolic value but with little actual power at stake. Beirut Upstarts Gain Traction in Lebanon’s Political Quagmire 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z "The outsiders win the elections, and for the next six years nothing gets done, because the political bosses block everything." Lebanon's capital on Sunday will hold its first elections since a months-long crisis left mountains of garbage festering in the streets, with an outsider group of candidates challenging a political establishment widely seen as corrupt and incompetent 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z “The outsiders win the elections, and for the next six years nothing gets done, because the political bosses block everything.” Lebanese hope for change in first vote after trash crisis 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z They practiced exotic religions, drank to excess, and slavishly obeyed urban political bosses. Baby boomers have a Donald Trump problem: Immigration, nativism and the mythic golden age of the middle class 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z In addition to their family ties, Trump is also a good friend of one of Christie’s political patrons, George Norcross, the political boss of southern New Jersey. Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump for Republican presidential nomination 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z However, Ecatepec is usually all but forgotten except at election time, when political bosses arrive with handouts to try to mobilize voters. Pope Francis has denounced graft, violence and drug-trafficking in Mexico ahead of his upcoming visit, and he's expected to address those same themes when he delivers his homily at a Mass in the dangerous and mismanaged Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Progressives decried the debilitation of democracy at the hands of corporate moguls and political bosses. Why party bosses can’t contain Trump 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z They are not going after the generals and their political bosses who ordered in the Parachute Regiment into Derry that day. Bloody Sunday anniversary sparks call for Troubles amnesty 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Marrone agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, turning over emails that helped convict and send Fumo, his estranged father-in-law and first political boss, to prison on corruption charges. DHS crisis manager in chief leaving federal government 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z He weighed questions about the location of bus benches and the snacks in vending machines, all the while courting local political bosses. Marco Rubio’s Political Dexterity 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The local political boss is the national chairman of the military-backed ruling party. Aung San Suu Kyi Seems to Have Myanmar’s Countryside in Her Corner 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z If one man could be credited with fostering the environment that produced the Kansas City sound, it is Tom Pendergast, a political boss and early backer of Harry S. Truman. The Mets, the Royals and Charlie Parker, Linked by Autumn in New York 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z He forged a coalition of labour unions, conservative provincial political bosses and nationalist army officers. The persistence of Peronism 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Widely viewed as a beneficent social worker, she enjoyed the protection of longtime Memphis political boss E.H. Elwood to honor victims of Tennessee Children’s Home Society 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z This is not a room where the sly or evasive can hide, much less morally leukemic billionaires, Chinese gangland shooters, bare-knuckle traders or rainmaking political bosses. The brash New York prosecutor who’s indicting left and right 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z The movie follows the travails of Nikolai, a small-town auto mechanic whose life unravels as he tries to block a venal local political boss from seizing his home. Russian Movie ‘Leviathan’ Gets Applause in Hollywood but Scorn at Home 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z But his critics believe Mr Peña is dodging the most important task: to punish corrupt political bosses who are complicit in organised crime. The Mexican morass 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It reminded me of Hong Kong and Iran, where political bosses vet or choose the candidates for whom the electorate then gets to vote. Democracy without the people 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z As the big day approached, Mr. Krone’s good friend, George E. Norcross III, the Democratic political boss of South Jersey, suggested a golf outing at his Palm Beach home before the nuptials. As Democrats Work to Unify, a Top Reid Aide Causes a Rift 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z “Before the tax technicians are ready to work out the details of a major tax reform effort, they need their political bosses to provide guiding principles and a basic framework,” he wrote. Let's Stop Talking About Tax Reform 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The executives seem to flounder as they struggle to divine what their political bosses would want them to do. Amid Ukraine Crisis, Fear of Vladimir Putin Extends to Soccer 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Dubbed the Harlem Fox, Jones, a West Indian immigrant from the Virgin Islands, was the first black political boss in New York. Charlie Rangel’s last hurrah: What it means — and what it portends 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Many political bosses in this election are property or mining tycoons, whose unaudited “black money” will be needed for the discreet payments that will be required if the idea is to be taken seriously. Silent campaigns 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z It is likely to require all Mr Stevens' political nous to keep NHS England independent while remaining on good terms with his political boss, especially with an election round the corner. What's in the new NHS boss's in-tray? 2014-03-31T23:35:30Z But that’s the problem: The political bosses are not interested in introducing meaningful tax reform. Let's Stop Talking About Tax Reform 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The county political boss here is a Democrat, State Senator Bob Smith. Gotham: In Plan to Dump Contaminated Soil, Classic New Jersey Politics Emerge 2014-02-25T04:52:28Z He was a plain-spoken worker priest, a man who walked with striking workers, picketed a slumlord and faced down a Bronx political boss. Gotham: A Church So Poor It Has to Close Schools, Yet So Rich It Can Build a Palace 2014-02-20T02:01:07Z Party leaders act as political bosses for their communities, dispensing jobs and patronage while striking deals with other leaders to serve their common interests. Baaouarta Journal: Lebanese Cringe as a Breakdown in Government Wafts Uphill 2014-01-28T00:49:51Z He made his first stop as governor-elect at a community center in Newark run by the political boss who then ran much of northern New Jersey. Another Mayor Felt Christie-Tied Reprisal 2014-01-14T01:39:22Z Troika technocrats aren't happy but are finding themselves increasingly superseded by their political bosses. Greece Takes EU Helm, Still Focused on Self 2014-01-09T19:29:13Z But he didn't lose his post because of the glum state of the negotiations - ironically his political bosses weren't sure he was the right man to handle shale gas in Poland. Ban on his bike as Pole axed 2013-11-20T17:17:13Z In 1961, Robert F. Wagner ran for re-election against his own record and the political bosses who had rebuffed him to herald a new era marked by progressivism and political inroads by organized labor. News Analysis: What Do New Yorkers Want? 2013-07-20T18:30:40Z Although he spent little time in elected office, Mr. Velez Sr. was regarded as the city’s first Puerto Rican political boss and he groomed a generation of Hispanic politicians. Bronx Fire Kills Wife of a Puerto Rican Leader’s Son 2013-07-12T21:47:12Z Through all of this, however, Jersey City politics have stayed stubbornly within the mold of Frank Hague, the early-20th-century mayor and political boss who set the standard for corruption, even by New Jersey standards. A New Mayor to Match Jersey City’s Ambitions 2013-07-01T02:39:20Z “They haven’t been reined in by the political bosses because they are shaky and unsure.” Violent Episodes Grow in Tanzania, an African Haven 2013-07-01T01:11:04Z In January, George E. Norcross III, a Democratic political boss whose blessing is considered essential, urged his party to rally around her candidacy “in the absence of anyone else.” Against All Odds, and Ignoring Advice, Buono Fights to Lead New Jersey 2013-06-27T01:08:03Z "This doesn't mean that critics in his own party disappear, but it does mean that Modi's political fate will now be in the hands of voters rather than party political bosses." Rifts exposed as Modi chosen to lead India's opposition party 2013-06-09T16:50:23Z Residents alleged that a substantial amount from the 3.69 billion rupees allotted for the construction of the camp had been siphoned off by government officials and their political bosses. India Ink: Why the Return of Kashmiri Pandits is Still A Distant Dream 2013-06-03T06:59:30Z Lloyd Wood, a rumpled, cigar-chomping political boss, when he won the governorship. George M. Leader, Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, Dies at 95 2013-05-11T02:55:54Z “I wasn’t angry,” says a visibly gratified Sardar Khan, a local political boss who owns the home. On Pakistan's Election Trail, the Old Feudal Elites Struggle for Votes 2013-05-02T07:05:22Z In a statement posted on a leftist website, anarchists calling themselves Lovers of Lawlessness said of those targeted: "While they use a pro-workers rhetoric, they wink mischievously at their political bosses." Greek media targeted by arsonists 2013-01-11T22:39:18Z In an Internet statement, the anarchist group which goes by the name 'Lovers of Lawlessness' said of the journalists: "While they use a pro-workers rhetoric, they wink mischievously at their political bosses." Anarchist bombs explode near Greek journalists' homes 2013-01-11T21:55:58Z A reshuffle at the top means that old leaders eventually get taken down a peg or two, creating space for new political bosses. Chinese Leaders Knock On Internet Giants' Doors As Transition Unfolds 2012-12-14T04:37:36Z There are predictions that decisions will be influenced by party concerns and that the careers of some of the brightest and best police officers will depend on how they get on with their political boss. Analysis: So you want to be a PCC 2012-09-14T11:45:03Z A government screening committee chose the recipients; several former and current bureaucrats and industry officials say its decisions were highly subjective, often favoring applicants with close ties to state and national political bosses. Scandal Bares Corruption Hampering India’s Growth 2012-09-15T18:54:42Z A week from now, Assemblyman Lopez, a combative lawmaker who is a throwback to the days of imperious political bosses and back-room judgeship deals, will relinquish his post as Kings County Democratic leader. For Vito Lopez, Grip on Power May Hinge on Loyalists in Primary Races 2012-09-13T01:10:25Z Mr. Silver censured Mr. Lopez, 71, one of the city’s last powerful political bosses, taking away his committee chairmanship and barring him from employing interns or anyone under the age of 21. Democrats Back Sheldon Silver in Handling of Sex Case 2012-08-31T02:27:10Z But it was a resounding humiliation for one of the last of New York’s old-time political bosses. Raymond B. Harding, Ex-Liberal Party Leader, Dies at 77 2012-08-09T16:58:54Z Officials from three departments of the European Commission are to table a menu of options to their political bosses within 10 days, according to senior sources involved. EU in race against the clock to create a banking union 2012-07-23T20:17:55Z Rosenthal had high hopes that his establishment would thrive in Manhattan's competitive tenderloin district under the patronage of Big Tim Sullivan, the local Democratic political boss, and the protection of a silent partner, Lt. City Room: 100 Years After a Murder, Questions About a Police Officer's Guilt 2012-07-15T14:00:00Z But Murdoch seemed more at ease among his own crowd - the media, technology, finance and political bosses Allen & Co assembles every summer at the sumptuous Sun Valley resort for private seminars and secret deal making. Despite Turmoil, Murdoch family looks relaxed at Sun Valley 2012-07-13T21:32:02Z By which Mr. Plackenmeyer meant that the local rabbis made splendid political bosses. Gotham: Charles Hynes Appeared to Block 1994 Kidnapping Case 2012-06-05T02:42:58Z Five years of recession have left more than half of young people jobless, and many blame middle aged political bosses for sacrificing their future to protect an older generation's perks. Greek leftist brings message to Europe: "Let's talk" 2012-05-21T05:36:16Z The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In the larger cities of many of the States naturalization applications were hurried through in bunches at the direction of some political boss. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z He then proceeds, with prophetic pen, to trace the evolution of the modern political boss. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Here and there, of course, are some of little promise, who in a poverty-stricken condition accept almost any bribe offered them by political bosses, but fortunately this number is known to be rapidly decreasing. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z The orders had apparently come from political headquarters in the State capital, but the execution details had been turned over to Clanahan, the political boss of Portal City. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z In American politics it is sometimes the political boss, sometimes the party caucus, sometimes the committee of the law-making body, that is the actual determining factor in matters. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z And the political bosses sit snug as ever in their lairs. Gotham: Newark?s Troubles Dim Mayor Cory A. Booker?s Star 2011-10-25T00:58:16Z "Oh," you will ask, "do you mean the political boss rule?" The Key to Success 2011-08-13T02:00:28.033Z That independence reflected a new generation that was less likely to follow instructions from old-time political bosses. Carey Remembered for Financial Stewardship 2011-08-11T16:05:35Z He and his crowd have plenty of money—stolen money, a good deal of it—and they stand in with every political boss and gangster in the State. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z The great iron wheel controlling the whole machine was put into the hands of a political boss committee in Washington. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Really, the figure was a portrait of a small political boss who, from boyhood on, had acquired in the saloons and purlieus of his district words and phrases of both the Negroes and the Irish. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Unlike other political bosses, he fields no phalanx of high-priced lobbyists and consultants. Conservative Party Is Obstacle to Gay Marriage 2011-05-19T16:31:56Z A few days later, Mr. Musto, a political boss in Hudson County, called me to his office. About New York: Anything to Avoid Paying a Fine 2011-04-20T02:08:15Z That largess, too, turned to leverage: Egypt’s generals insisted from the outset that they would not order their troops to use force against protesters, in effect emboldening the uprising against their political boss. Letter From Europe: A Glimpse of Tehran's Crackdown 2011-02-18T15:20:22Z Of the official aid that has arrived, people here say most has been given to supporters of local political bosses. Death toll in Brazil slides exceeds 400 and still growing 2011-01-13T18:21:00Z But the political bosses in office during President George W. Bush's administration didn't see it that way. A victory for former Park Police chief might not be a victory for whistleblowers 2011-01-13T01:29:04Z He is also, with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's imminent retirement, higher up on the list of the nation's most powerful political bosses. As Obamas vacation, a reminder that the Aloha State is making its way onto the political map 2011-01-02T23:49:03Z Ike Brown, an African American political boss in rural Mississippi, was accused by the Justice Department in 2005 of discriminating against the county's white minority. Dispute over New Black Panthers case causes deep divisions 2010-10-22T19:29:00Z The political machine, nominally Republican, ran the town with corruption so thorough as to make other cities’ political bosses blush. For Atlantic City, the Odds Have Been Long for Decades 2010-08-14T22:00:00Z His successors as political bosses, Democratic and Republican county chairmen, do not. New York Party Chiefs a Far Cry From Boss Tweed 2010-05-24T00:30:00Z South Korean politics have long been dominated by rival political bosses from Gyeongsang in the southeast and Jeolla in the southwest. City?s Evolution Offers Lessons in Korean Politics 2010-03-04T05:23:00Z New Yorkers expect a politics where politicians do what's right based on independent judgment, free of political bosses trying to dictate. 2010-01-12T14:41:00Z The political bosses are hereby notified that in the future, as in the past, I will ever be found battling for true Jeffersonian Democracy and the rights of the masses. Politics of Alabama In the nature of the case, they sustain a body of officers whose chief business is in danger of becoming that of either political agitators or political bosses. Rural Health and Welfare In his capacity as political boss, representing certain more or less questionable financial interests, he distributed political patronage with an air of one bestowing great favors personally. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant In a rough way he is the political boss of the region and he has built up a fortune. The Portal of Dreams Then he began to talk to the student again, asking him about his father and the political boss of the home town. Their Son; The Necklace They now feel that a few political bosses are undertaking to overthrow a republican form of government in this state. Politics of Alabama “Billy’s a sort of political boss round here, as well as district attorney,” laughed Jamieson. A Campfire Girl's Happiness "Then how do you propose having it done?" asked the political boss, for once willing to listen to advice. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant First President of the Belt and political boss for life. The Man Who Staked the Stars But so long as they remain in ignorance and are manipulated by the political bosses they will continue to vote against their own interests and turn again to violence to right their wrongs. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years The method of the political boss, the aristocrat, the self-seeker, the monopolist—even in the use of thugs, private armies, spies, and provocateurs—differs little from the methods proposed by Bakounin in his Alliance. Violence and the Labor Movement But you can’t do everything in a minute, and the political bosses and the Liquor Power are rulin’ things about the same as ever. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife He’s political boss, Mayor, 186 rancher, and God knows what else. The Spoilers of the Valley The great political boss had shed his bulldozing manner, and a shade of unmistakable earnestness, not unmixed with anxiety, had crept into his tones. The Crevice “When a political boss, and a boss notoriously corrupt, offers an office to a good man, I think the good man should be very, very suspicious.” Counsel for the Defense The prophet, the agitator, and the political boss are types of leaders in regard to whom there already are materials available for study and interpretation. Introduction to the Science of Sociology America is ruled by her cities, and they are ruled by the saloon and unrighteous trusts and political bosses. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife The political boss searches the depths of it about election time when he needs votes; the sanitary policeman in times of epidemic, when smallpox or typhus fever threatens. The Battle with the Slum In backward rural communities the trader is almost invariably the political boss. The Rural Life Problem of the United States Notes of an Irish Observer Modern bourgeoisie is absolutely indifferent as to who is to be their political boss, just so they are given opportunity to store their profits, and accumulate great wealth. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 Probably when you delve into the matter you will discover the fine Italian hand of your political boss.” The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man This much can be said, however: the worst class of foreign-born citizens has ever proved to be a support of corrupt political bosses. History of the United States, Volume 6 “She’s like some political bosses—admirable in private life, but a menace to the community just the same.” The Squirrel-Cage Quay in Pennsylvania, and T. C. Platt in New York, were regarded as two of the greatest political bosses in the country. Fifty Years of Public Service All three of them happen to be political bosses in this section. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls It is the agent of the political boss who mixes neighborhood charity with the dispensing of party jobs. Society Its Origin and Development It is the class which furnishes aids for the lowest political bosses and furnishes the bad reputation for the Italians. History of the United States, Volume 6 I've seen it happen to a political boss—a man whose business it was to make friends with every voter high and low. The Four Pools Mystery When the political boss informs our corporation that the legislation we want passed must be paid for we pay without resorting to guerilla or any other tactics. The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal" Yet even then his instinct had been a healthy one; his boyish characterisation of Fetters, schoolboy, was not an inapt description of Fetters, man—mortgage shark, labour contractor and political boss. The Colonel's Dream But there was no doubt that Roy had managed the whole thing, and if ever political boss saw his fondest wishes realized Roy did now. Tom Slade at Temple Camp One of the common prophecies of the future of the United States is such a domination by a group of trust organizers and political bosses. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought I happen to know that he has refused to have anything to do with Bat Quayle, the political boss of the worst element of his party. The Mayor of Warwick Not far from this little settlement is an old house which used to be the home of Tweed, New York's notorious political boss, who, it is said, used to spend much time here. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' A set of corrupt political bosses rule the nation.' Added Upon A Story The political boss is not the unscrupulous ogre that the muck-rakers picture. The Man in Court Its attitude to the political boss is decidedly less respectful than that to which you were accustomed. Humanly Speaking In short, the young officer had naïvely undertaken to serve the public without waiting for his instructions from the political bosses. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil Those papers call you another such political boss as Quay and Gorman. A Hoosier Chronicle The President's private secretary has commissioned the Chicago political boss to fix it up. David Lockwin—The People's Idol There are cities and States in our country where one man, the political boss, or a group of men, the political machine, dictates the course of legislation and controls the administration of the law. Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition Some of my friends sounded the political boss of the period and asked if I could be given a place on the ticket. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment "I'm sorry I had to be rough with you, but—-but——-" "Of course we understand here that orders from a political boss have to be obeyed," Tom added good-naturedly. The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest Ruef, himself, is nothing; a political boss, a solicitor of bribes. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts The political boss first hears of it through the information of a rival marine reporter on a democratic sheet. David Lockwin—The People's Idol Some people consider mental or moral inertia the chief force that sustains the corrupt political boss. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History "We think we've done pretty well by this church," said Deacon Strong, who was the business head, the political boss, and the moral mentor of the small town's affairs. Polly of the Circus Bishop Wilyum Doane hath an abiding place at Albany, N. Y., a village on the Hudson where the peons of the political bosses most do congregate to leg for bribes. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 I haven't been long in this city, but I have been long enough to size up the various political bosses. Greenmantle "Besides," says the political boss, "he had sickness in his family." David Lockwin—The People's Idol The "robber trusts" and the political bosses are interesting examples of this basic truth. The Conflict He was one of the local political bosses, but more important than all this, he was the representative of the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad in that section of Tulare County. The Octopus : A story of California Lately he was gaining some reputation as a political boss. Southern Lights and Shadows He could manage things slicker than the political bosses, an' he would. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Could any political boss, however prudent or scholarly, foresee it? David Lockwin—The People's Idol The time had been when he—and the plutocracy generally—were compelled to come to the political bosses almost hat in hand. The Conflict He's the political boss of the Denver, Pueblo, and Mojave road. The Octopus : A story of California "Shut up, Remington," snapped the political boss, his soft manner now vanished, his whole aspect now grimly menacing. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors Here is the political boss—and what ex-President Roosevelt terms "organized alliance between the criminal rich and the criminal poor." Home Missions in Action Such are the day's injunctions of the political boss. David Lockwin—The People's Idol A prominent business man was put in a cell yesterday; a political boss arrives to-day; a college graduate, a judge, and a religious fanatic are expected next week. The Subterranean Brotherhood They are messages from the unknown wielder of the mysterious power to his enemy, the political boss. The Sign at Six As political boss of his party, he had little regard for such a formality as being announced to any person on whom he might call—so he had walked through the open door. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors And thus the first conference between the Governor-elect and the political boss ended. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him There is so much inquiry on account of that strange journey to Owen Sound that the political boss is grievously disturbed. David Lockwin—The People's Idol He not only criticised Grant and the political bosses of that time, but his personal friends, Sumner, Wilson, and Frank Bird himself. Cambridge Sketches Malachi McCarthy, political boss of this city, has made a personal enemy of a half-crazed or at least unbalanced man, who has in some way gained a limited power over etheric and other vibrations. The Sign at Six Henry Hunt was a collector of tithes for the political bosses of the first ward. Marching Men In reply to Mr. Record's question: "Will you join me in denouncing the Democratic 'overlords' as parties to a political boss system?" Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him These are our political bosses: these unknown patriots, who preach the invisible patriotism which expresses itself not in flags and oratory, but in the quiet daily surrender of private advantage to the public good. Adventures in Contentment The name writing is said to be a farce, the native drawing a picture of his name under guidance of his political boss. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) As the bulky form of the political boss pushed around the leaves of the revolving door, the elevator starter glanced at his watch. The Sign at Six The political boss ____ the money among his henchmen. The Century Vocabulary Builder Dorgan was the political boss of the city at that time, apparently entrenched, with an organization that seemed impregnable. The Ear in the Wall The Scotch Preacher looked at Charles Baxter and said to me with a note of admiration in his voice: "Isn't this man Baxter getting to be intolerable as a political boss!" Adventures in Contentment It is not uncommon to hear rural citizens ask such questions as, "What's the use of farmers taking off time for politics when the whole thing is run by political bosses anyway?" Community Civics and Rural Life He was political boss of his community and protector for a small tribe of Indians. Brazilian Sketches Senator Platt did not use his political position to advance his private fortunes—therein differing absolutely from many other political bosses. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Mark Hanna, the most active force in Cleveland railways, was also the political boss of the State. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry Poor people," said Mrs. Carriswood; "do you know, Grace, I can see Tommy's future; he will grow to be a boss, a political boss. Stories of a Western Town The first, Simon Cameron, owed his place in the Cabinet to the double fact of being one of the ablest of political bosses and of standing high among Lincoln's competitors for the Presidential nomination. Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North This was before the days when the direct primary gave the plain voters an opportunity to upset the calculations of a political boss. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times I have known in my life many big business men and many big political bosses who often or even generally did evil, but who on some occasions and on certain issues were right. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography The roundsman on the beat dropped in, the political boss of the ward, named Hendricks, Doctor Smalley, the young physician who lived across the street, and others. A Poor Wise Man The attitude of Henry A. Mollenhauer, grim, political boss that he was—trained in a hard school—was precisely the attitude of every such man in all such trying circumstances. The Financier, a novel The up-country Democrats had not yet fallen under Tammany sway, and were on the point of developing a big country political boss in the shape of David B. Hill. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography |
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