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	Meet the New Boss (11/1/00) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com
		Pre-transition jitters are common for both career executives and political appointees, but those who have been through the process say most of the time both groups go into the new situation with the best intentions.
		"Although political appointees are often uncertain about their roles and the rules and regulations, they too are eager to get off on a positive foot with career employees," Kleeman says.
		Part of a career employee's job is keeping his or political boss out of trouble, Palguta says.
	www.govexec.com /features/1100/1100s3.htm (1410 words)

	Political boss Summary
		Political bosses are professional politicians who control political machines in cities, counties, or states in ostensibly democratic regimes.
		Bosses secure the public and electoral support of extended families, gangs, business organizations, neighborhoods, ethnic groups, and immigrant groups through patronage, graft, and the granting or withholding of favors, including government services, government welfare benefits, and social and economic benefits provided by the machine itself.
		Bosses were a major part of the political landscape during the 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States.
	www.bookrags.com /Political_boss (975 words)

	Political machine at AllExperts
		A political machine is an unofficial system of political organization based on patronage, the spoils system, "behind-the-scenes" control, and longstanding political ties within the structure of a representative democracy.
		The key to a political machine is patronage: holding public office implies the ability to do favors (and also the ability to profit from graft).
		Political machines generally steer away from issues-based politics, favoring a quid pro quo with certain aspects of a barter economy or gift economy: the patron or "boss" does favors for the constituents, who then vote as they are told to.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/po/political_machine.htm (1009 words)

	Boss Radio Forever \| www.bossradioforever.com
		On May 5, 1965, a rock and roll music format called Boss Radio was launched on KHJ because the owners needed to reverse the AM station's money-losing ways.
		Music jingles on those stations often ran as long as one full minute and were embellished with lyrics that promoted the station, it's city, the person on the air, the weather, and what not.
		Boss Radio turned KHJ from a money loser to the number one station in Los Angeles in only a few months.
	www.bossradioforever.com (1648 words)

	Jersey City Online - The Political Machine of Frank Hague of Jersey City, New Jersey Frank Hague came from a ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The county boss threatened to have the Hudson County Board of Aldermen pass an ordinance that would change the nature of the position of Custodian of City Hall such that Hague would be out of a job.
		The basis of a political machine like Hague's which was limited to Hudson County is that a political boss can deliver a large vote to his choice in the statewide election.
		Usually the election returns from the boss' area are reported late, after the count for the rest of the state is known and the machine knows how much of a favorable vote has to be delivered.
	www.jerseycityonline.com /frank_hague.htm (2033 words)

	Requiem To A Political 'Boss'
		Contrary to popular belief, the bosses were in nearly all cases men of highest character and sense of fairness - to their own party members.
		Thank goodness, political "bosses" like Marion still exist and work quietly in most U.S. counties to keep the parties sensitive to the needs of both the nation and the voters.
		In reality, politics is an ancient art of reconciling the differences of individuals within society and focusing energy on the highest goals.
	www.lindseywilliams.org /Editorial_Archives/1972_02-_Requiem_To_A_Political_Boss.htm (827 words)

	LIFE IN THE SHADOWS: The underside of New York city - NI 178 - Plundering power
		The aging Democratic Party boss of the New York borough of Brooklyn had just hung up the phone after speaking with a prominent Congressman from the neighboring borough of the Bronx.
		The corruption trials, which have already resulted in convictions for over 20 top political figures, have unveiled a broad panorama of deal-making and influence-peddling that has penetrated much of everyday city life - from the sale of taxi meters to the awarding of contracts to collect overdue parking fines.
		Politics have been reduced to an elaborate celebration of Koch's ego, massaged by the Mayor's own two 'tell-all' books, an off-Broadway play, and national acclaim that has put his face on the covers of the country's major news magazines.
	www.newint.org /issue178/power.htm (1264 words)

	Political Aide
		Politicians are the visible faces of political life, the personalities who spark public debate, but the overwhelming bulk of the processes by which political decisions are made are handled by political staffers.
		Aides must be aware both of the political developments in their field and of the needs of the home district, and they must be aware of likely public reaction to the various positions in a political debate.
		Despite these uncertainties, however, the life of a political aide can be extremely satisfying, and the dangers of getting turned out of office are offset by the wide range of experiences afforded a political aide.
	www.princetonreview.com /cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=121 (523 words)

	Arthur Samish: A Political Boss of California
		In the early days of California politics there were some radical tendencies, as evidenced for example by Dennis Kearney and the California Workingmen's Party.
		The political measures which weakened political parties in California provided the opportunity for lobbyists to become part of the political scene.
		Samish used his political influence to assure that the person who got elected as Speaker of the Assembly was friendly to him.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/samish.htm (3600 words)

	Jack Haldeman -- Political Science Fiction
		My boss was afraid they were going to lay people off, so he invented work for us to do.
		One day my boss discovered I knew how to use an adding machine and I was assigned to total up the number of folders we handled for his weekly report.
		My boss was praised by his boss and he took a two day lunch break to celebrate.
	www.sff.net /people/jack.haldeman/polit.htm (1051 words)

	POLITICAL CARTOONS - Original Artwork
		The political cartoonist distills complicated worldly events into a serious – or sometimes humorous – panel drawing which in one brief glance helps a reader better understand the situation.
		Political cartoons can be so potent, in fact, that a century-plus ago the powerful political boss of New York City (Boss Tweed) ordered his cronies to “stop them damn pictures!” He knew the immigrant population could not read well, but they could easily figure out what was going on from seeing cartoons.
		The political cartoonist involved was Thomas Nast whose artwork in “Harper’s Weekly” satirized society and pompous politicians for a generation.
	www.artcadeonline.com /artwork/political.asp (298 words)

	Political machine Summary
		They're built like pyramids with many precinct captains at the bottom, a few ward bosses in the middle, and finally at the top is the city boss.
		The boss was not always the mayor but he did control the courts and all licensing.
		Boss Tweed was finally brought down by a political cartoonist know by the name of Thomas Nast.
	www.bookrags.com /Political_machine (1194 words)

	Digital History
		Those articles, coupled with the political cartoons of Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, created a national outcry, and soon Tweed and many of his cronies were facing criminal charges and political oblivion.
		Political machines also served as a ladder of social mobility for ethnic groups blocked from other means of rising in society.
		It was their hunger for government contracts, franchises, charters, and special privileges, he believed, that corrupted urban politics.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /database/article_display.cfm?HHID=211 (585 words)

	IRIN Africa \| Horn of Africa \| Eritrea \| ERITREA: Interview with Yemane Gebreab, PFDJ political boss \| Governance \| ...
		ANSWER: The Front sees itself as a political movement which led the struggle for independence in Eritrea and continues the role in terms of fighting for, working for, the goals and the values that underpinned the liberation struggle in this country.
		Here in the political affairs department, essentially what we try to do is participate in policy development and policy monitoring.
		The main job is to ensure that the population in this country remains engaged in the affairs of the nation.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=27952 (1769 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		Boss is an Americanism that comes directly from the Dutch word baas, 'master, foreman'.
		Boss has become a staple in the American language, and it has taken on many forms.
		Though the word had meant 'leader of a criminal gang; (hence) the leader of a political machine' since the 1840s, New York City's Boss Tweed took boss to new depths with his outlandish graft and cronyism in the 1860s.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=20010607 (506 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Political Boss
		Many bosses who were more corrupt managed to avoid such a harsh fate, perhaps because, unlike Tweed, they made sure they controlled the prosecutors and the newspaper editors.
		Sure, Tweed showed some shrewd political instincts when he reached out to the city’s growing Catholic—and mostly Irish—immigrants at a time when nativism was still in fashion.
		Flynn was a hard-boiled political professional with a great store of contempt for those he dismissed as “amateurs.” He represented, however, an often ignored side of the machine.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1999/3/1999_3_70b.shtml (1160 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The bosses resorted to bribery and coercion, but they also won the support of the hard-pressed newcomers by providing informal welfare services and limited opportunities for upward mobility.
		The truest and most notorious application of machine politics took root in South Texas during the closing decades of the nineteenth century and was still visible in some counties ninety years later.
		The bosses catered to the needs of land speculators, developers, bankers, and merchants by promoting the extension of railroad lines to this remote section of the state.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/BB/wmb1.html (949 words)

	Pat McCarran: Political Boss of Nevada
		Patrick A. McCarran entered the national political spotlight by locking horns with the Roosevelt and Truman administrations on foreign policy, internal security and many domestic issues.
		Within his native state of Nevada, McCarran constructed a machine designed to dominate the state's political and economic life.
		This book discusses the Senator's background, his rise to power and his methods of establishing political domination.
	www.leg.state.nv.us /giftshop/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=356&CFID=46054&CFTOKEN=27765630 (62 words)

	Boss Resources on BNET
		People consider self-employment for many different reasons, ranging from the allure of not having a boss, to the excitement of being an entrepreneur.Regardless of your motivation, you’ll need to ascertain if you have the skills required to manage yourself effectively.
		My fellow bloggers over at BNET Intercom have revealed some fun facts about National Boss Day (which is today, by the way, lest you forget to buy your boss a box of chocolates or a bottle of the finest cabernet).
		How should competent staff react when the CEO wants to be informed about and involved in every detail of the company, to the point that everyone feels as though they have someone looking over their shoulder all day long waiting for something...
	search.bnet.com /search/Boss.html (1266 words)

	political - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.
		Relating to, involving, or characteristic of politics or politicians: "Calling a meeting is a political act in itself" (Daniel Goleman).
		involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; "calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman; "political pressure"; "a political machine"; "political office"; "political policy" [ant: nonpolitical]
	dictionary.reference.com /browse/political (275 words)

	The Political Machine of Frank Hague of Jersey City, New Jersey
		It didn't hurt Hague too much with the Irish voters because they understodd that he had done it for friendship and, according to Hague, only because his mother begged him to do it.
		Ususally the election returns from the boss' area are reported late, after the count for the rest of the state is known and the machine knows how much of a favorable vote has to be delivered.
		For the story of other political bosses and their machines click on Bosses
	www.applet-magic.com /hague.htm (1968 words)

	Stolen Secrets \| MTV MOVIES
		A gentleman crook known only as "the Eel" has been robbing crooked political bosses and slipping through the fingers of the police.
		He agrees but when he meets with the political boss to obtain information he discovers that he has been tricked.
		The police and the mayor are notified of the Eel's presence, and when they arrive at the boss' home, they discover that the Eel and Manning are one in the same.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/75232/moviemain.jhtml (324 words)

	Amazon.com: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics (Signet Classics): Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		G.W. Plunkitt, the millionaire ward boss of New York's 15th district, gave this series of talks on the secrets of political success as practiced by him and fellow Tammany Hall titans.
		This ability of his (or of his interviewer/editor/co-author), apart from his astute observations or the fuller appreciation he might give some readers of the politics of Tammany Hall and the patronage system, is probably the key to his book's enduring popularity.
		It is actually a series of elocutions on the politics of the day as practiced by a big city "machine," Tammany Hall.
	www.amazon.com /Plunkitt-Tammany-Hall-Practical-Politics/dp/0451526201 (1989 words)

	Political Wire: The Last Hurrah
		Political Insider rounds up the latest buzz from the halls of government, press gaggles and campaign war rooms.
		Taegan D. Goddard is the creator of Political Wire, a political column updated around the clock with the most interesting news, buzz and commentary.
		In addition, Goddard’s essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country, including the Washington Post, USA Today, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer and Christian Science Monitor.
	politicalwire.com /archives/2006/08/29/the_last_hurrah.html (240 words)

	Political Muscle : Los Angeles Times : Brawl Began Over Political Boss Charged with Rape Threats
		Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally's fight with his fellow lawmaker, Assemblyman Hector De La Torre, is rooted in a longstanding feud over a South Gate political boss now in jail for embezzling millions.
		In 2002, Dymally and De La Torre took separate sides when then-South Gate treasurer Albert Robles, in photo, was charged with threatening to rape then-state Sen. Martha Escutia (D-Whittier) and shoot her husband, political consultant Leo Briones.
		In 2003, South Gate residents voted overwhelmingly to oust Robles and his political allies, Mayor Xochitl Ruvalcaba, Vice Mayor Raul Moriel, and city councilmember Maria Benavides.
	latimesblogs.latimes.com /politicalmuscle/2006/12/dymally_de_la_t.html (678 words)

	Whack Your Boss oyunu oyun
		Find the 7 different ways to whack your boss in this painfully funny office simulation.
		If you liked Whack Your Boss you may also enjoy...
		Take on other political party members as you battle to become the leadin...
	www.oyunarti.com /oyun/534-Whack-Your-Boss-oyunu.html (102 words)

	Pressing Issues: Political 'Boss' Rocks the Vote (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Scott W. Smith wrote: "A freaking rock 'n' roller with a political bent: the two are fire and water.
		When I met the fellow with the guitar almost 32 years ago, he wasn't anyone's boss, except to members of the just-assembled E Street Band.
		But for youngsters who think he's only turning political now: The truth is, he started sliding to the left in 1979 with the "No Nukes" concert.
	www.editorandpublisher.com /eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000683975 (922 words)

	Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
		Taylor has politically schemed to enrich his real estate holdings and profits with a scandalously crooked pork barrel bill that would skim real estate funds from the public purse.
		A believer in pragmatic politics, Senator Paine is in cahoots with Taylor to introduce and pass a bill [the Deficiency Bill] for the construction of a bogus, unneeded dam.
		Senator Paine, under the powerful thumb of the machine's Boss Taylor, is confident that Smith will be a yes-man and not conflict with their crooked legislation or ask any embarrassing questions while quietly sight-seeing during his brief stay in Washington, D.C. A young patriot, recites Lincoln and Jefferson, turned loose in our nation's capital.
	www.filmsite.org /mrsm.html (3179 words)

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