Word: second-in-command
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...himself up. Media Blackout ALGERIA The government banned press coverage of the release of two Islamic leaders and, in an attempt to impose a media blackout, ordered foreign journalists to leave the country. Freed are Abassi Madani, leader of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), and his second-in-command, Ali Belhadj, who were given 12-year sentences in 1992. Mosque Murders PAKISTAN The army took control of the southwestern city of Quetta after hundreds of Shia Muslims went on the rampage following an attack on a Shia mosque during Friday prayers that killed at least 47 people...
Surprisingly, Sisler’s elimination of HUP’s second-in-command position met with nary a whimper from his subordinates. Many editors say the press has become a more democratic and consensus-based institution since he assumed the reins despite the increase in his formal authority. HUP’s editors say he provides an overall coherent direction but respects their autonomy. “The editors he’s hired have been told that they have the capacity to shape their own lists and follow their own instincts as to what to publish...
CHARGES DROPPED. Against PRENTICE SANDERS, 65, San Francisco's first black police chief, and his second-in-command, ALEX FAGAN SR., 52, who had been indicted, along with five others, for alleged conspiracy to cover up a bar fight involving off-duty police officers; by a superior-court judge, after district attorney Terence Hallinan said he did not have enough evidence to prosecute; in San Francisco...
...least 30 months." In the meantime, two family heirs - from distant generations - will carry on the Agnelli legacy, at least for the time being. Umberto, 68, head of the family's financial holding company, will be only the fourth president in Fiat's 104-year history. The likely second-in-command is John Elkann, the son of Gianni's daughter, Margherita Agnelli, who was tapped by his grandfather two years ago to be the heir apparent. Born in New York, Elkann carries his French father's last name and fondness for literature. But with his lanky good looks and Turinese...
...create an in-house analysis unit, but its output will be only as good as the information it gets from the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency. Those agencies could stand to improve their own operations. The New York Times reported last week that the FBI's second-in-command, Bruce Gebhardt, recently fired off a memo complaining that some supervisors in smaller field offices still lack a "sense of urgency" in hunting terrorists...