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God Bless you boss man, the Irsay family and all of Colts Nation.—
Lindsey Erdody,
Axios,
21 May 2025 -
In this corner: Frank Costello, the big boss man of organized crime who helped this thing of theirs go from regional to a national syndicate.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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Fifty-four percent of court supervisors are also gone — which means that those who remain are managing multiple courts at once.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2026
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Aaron Peskin, a former San Francisco supervisor and outspoken progressive, said a law Wiener wrote inadvertently stifled local housing and affordability efforts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Capital is still flowing, and large asset managers continue to raise funds .—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Wildlife managers have no idea how many mountain lions roam the state because estimating populations is essentially impossible.—
Ted Williams,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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McDermott has worked in a number of school districts, serving as a director of personnel and labor relations, high school principal, director of student services and school safety, and a classroom teacher.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Taylor Cirksena, a Del Oro coach and alum, told the Auburn Journal that the coaching staff’s final straw was the school principal and athletic director requiring the basketball head coach to add a parent to their coaching staff.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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What Lisa Allen meant to SCUSD employees Allen climbed up the ranks of the district over the course of 30 years, starting as a classroom teacher and eventually taking over as interim superintendent in July 2023 following Jorge Aguilar’s resignation.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Calls left Tuesday for other borough officials, and for the school district superintendent, were not immediately returned.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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However, to remain in Illinois and build on the former Arlington Park site, the Bears need a mega-projects bill to pass through Springfield that would enable the overseers of major construction projects across the state to negotiate property tax responsibilities with local municipalities.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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In The Weight, Hawke plays Samuel Murphy, who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer played by Russell Crowe.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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The man asks for a cigar and the jail superintendent doesn’t need to ask for his superiors’ permission.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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Around this time, a young Israeli national-security official reached the same conclusion and began urging his superiors to organize an internal coup against Assad.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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But generally, operations in which a cartel boss is removed lead to more violence and fragmentation of criminal groups.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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But while El Mencho may have been a savvy crime boss, his group’s strength stemmed in large part from its recruitment of affiliates nationwide.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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