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...ministers' permanent secretaries would run things in their absence. Last week the eleven surviving ministers-five others had been fired, one quit in disgust, and another, Amin's brother-in-law, submitted his resignation by letter-filed into the presidential palace in Kampala for a 6 a.m. command breakfast. Those who showed up late, Big Daddy curtly announced, would be court-martialed...
...union chiefs are present to vote down Jerry Wurf. While that may be an exaggeration, the 54-year-old Wurf, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is certainly a maverick in the stolid hierarchy of organized labor. He has bucked the AFL-CIO high command on such issues as the 1972 election (Wurf was strong for George McGovern, while the federation observed a pro-Nixon neutrality) and the Viet Nam War (he repeatedly opposed council resolutions in support of the war). Even so, Wurf is a growing power in the union movement, as Governors, mayors...
...runs the White House staff and governs accessibility to the President. For the duration of his temporary assignment, he may become the second most powerful man in the White House. His main mission will be to reknit a staff that has been torn apart by Watergate. It is another command performance asked of a man whose desire to be a soldier has often been frustrated by his talents as an organizer and superefficient headquarters type...
When the raft Acali (Aztec for house in the water) sets out across the Atlantic this month, it will be captained by Maria Bjornstram, 30, a lithe Swedish blonde. Six other key-command posts will also be held by women; all of the secondary positions will be filled by men. This strange odyssey, scheduled to begin in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands and wind up in Yucatan, Mexico, has all of the earmarks of a frivolous publicity stunt. In fact, it is a serious experiment in role reversal and cultural conflict conceived by Santiago Genoves, a Mexican anthropologist...
...morning last week, Saturday Review Executive Editor Ronald P Kriss strolled into what he thought would be a routine conference. He was greeted by an apology from his boss, SR Chairman and Editor in Chief Nicolas Charney, who said that he had been unable to reach his second in command the night before. "Oh, really?" Kriss replied. "What's up?" Then Charney broke the news: Publication would cease immediately, and the company would seek reorganization under the federal bankruptcy statute. The innovative enterprise started 17 months ago, in which the old weekly was converted into four specialized monthlies...