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• n  a person who is in charge
• n  a person who exercises control over workers
• n  the head of a tribe or clan
• s  most important element
  the chief aim of living

• New Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff is trying to rapidly change the way America guards against terrorism.
• Ali Larijani, Iran's foreign policy chief and top nuclear negotiator, sees hope in the Russian proposal to help end his country's nuclear standoff with the West, but insists that .
• When Barack Obama asked Congressman Rahm Emanuel to be his White House chief-of-staff, few political insiders were surprised.

• head
• top dog
• foreman
• gaffer
• honcho
• boss
• headman
• tribal chief
• chieftain
• main
• primary
• principal
• master

News & Articles

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• Chief executives at large US companies more optimistic about hiring, sales
  WASHINGTON — Chief executives for the largest U.S. companies are more optimistic about sales over the next six months and plan to add more workers.
  June 12, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• US chief executives more optimistic about hiring
  Chief executives for the largest U.S. companies are more optimistic about sales over the next six months and plan to add more workers. The Business Roundtable said Wednesday that its April-June quarterly ...
  June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Chief Offers to Buy the Part of Dole Food He Doesn’t Already Own
  The chief executive of Dole Food, David H. Murdock, made an unsolicited offer on Tuesday to buy the company in a deal that values Dole at almost $1.1 billion.
  June 11, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Bart Stupak in Trading Markets (press release)
  Quite frankly, BP blew it,he said. "You cut corners to save money and time. And as the chief executive officer of BP â€| you called for fewer people in the decision-making process. You stated individuals need to be accountable for...
• Robert Gates in Wall Street Journal
  Speaking for the Department of Defense, once the commander in chief makes his decisions, we will salute and execute those decisions faithfully and to the best of our ability,Mr. Gates said to the annual gathering of the Association of the...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Austin American-Statesman
  When we first started, people everywhere asked the same questions: Could a woman really serve as commander in chief? Well, I think we answered that one,Clinton said. "Could an African American really be our president? And Sen. Obama has...