Word: controller
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Remaking Foreign Policy," the authors suggested abolishing the various White House staff groups--such as the National Security Council, the Domestic Policy Staff and the White House Economic Policy Board--and forming instead a single staff under the control of the new Cabinet group...
...state court ruled last week that Gov. Edward J. King acted illegally when he took control of the T late last month. Under the system's complicated charter, the MBTA Advisory Board--composed of representatives from the 79 cities and towns that are served by the T and provide taxes for its support-must authorize all expenditures. The board had refused to grant a suplemental budget requested by T directors, and the legislature refused to provide state funds, so King took control of the system. But under the court order, the T must find additional funding from either local communities...
...crisis" of the last few weeks, however, is simply the last stage of a disease that has been festering for years. Under the Dukakis administration, the governor's choice for T dicrector, Robert Kiley, had begun to make some headway in the attempt to take control of the system away from the powerful Carmen's Union. But when King swept into office two years ago-a victory aided by the support of many in the MBTA unions-he ended that process, and the T again found itself run by a powerful and corrupt labor leadership-so powerful that it exercised...
With the Crimson offense now unable to click, the Terriers managed to control the play. Outshooting the icewomen 13-6 in the middle period, they racked up four quick goals to put things out of reach...
...most of the time he had complete control over his devil--he kept his problem separate from business. This obsessed Americans as they watched the Today show reports of Bundy conducting his own defense in his Florida murder trial before the game shows came on, or as they read of Bundy's escape from jail in Colorado while they sipped martinis before dinner. Thousands of housewives followed the story on a day-to-day basis, talking about it at the super market while waiting in line in front of the magazine rack...