Word: czar
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...even the most vocal critics of the new plan have been assuaged by the person who will put it into practice. This new "programming czar" has more power than any predecessor but also a daunting task: maneuvering through the byzantine PBS bureaucracy. "What we wanted was a Solomon," says PBS president Bruce Christensen. "Someone with extraordinary political skills as well as program judgment. And someone who was willing to take the heat...
Jennifer Lawson, public TV's first programming czar, wants to appeal to more than just the "Chardonnay and Brie crowd." But first she will have to tame the unruly PBS bureaucracy...
...crack down on the drug lords. In the past 21 months, federal judicial police have confiscated 80,000 kilos of cocaine, more than was seized during De la Madrid's entire six-year term. But the offensive could stall. Last month Salinas announced the resignation of his drug czar, Javier Coello Trejo. Reason: alleged human-rights abuses by police, including murders...
...reputation for imperious leadership, not the best qualification for a man who now may have to cajole Congress, bureaucrats and foreign leaders. "He has talents," said the Miami Herald in an editorial last week, "but persuasiveness is not high among them." If he assumes the post of drug czar, Martinez will need to grasp the drug problem in all its dimensions. Until then, it will be an open question whether he is the man for the job -- or just a man who needed...
...view that victory is in sight is shared by the President and his outgoing drug czar. While drug use has plunged in the middle class, cocaine and crime still rage in poor neighborhoods. Bush shares Thanksgiving with the G.I.s...