21.   Democratic Action, until now the kingmaker in Venezuelan politics, dumped its longtime party boss and presidential candidate, Luis Alfaro Ucero, the week before last.

22.   Dumping a speaker in mid-term out of pique is a much tougher proposition than upsetting the party congressional boss at a regular leadership meeting, as Ford did.

23.   Dzhumber Patiashvili, the Georgia party boss at the time, asserted that he approved the use of troops on the condition that they be unarmed.

24.   Each day, the party bosses in Washington produce carefully worded scripts their political puppets are supposed to perform for the TV cameras.

25.   Fine, so why did she go against the party bosses in a contest for party leadership in Queens.

26.   Friedkin, the party boss, is still upset with the way Burton counted the votes.

27.   Friedkin talked to Montgomery about it, and Montgomery defended LePore to the party boss.

28.   Half a century ago, party bosses chose most of the delegates to the national convention in most of the states.

29.   Half a century ago, party bosses controlled the money.

30.   Guarded by soldiers in red-braided dress uniforms, the preserved remains of the party boss were displayed behind glass in a climate-controled underground chamber.