1.  And of course the legendary Turkish-American producer Ahmet Ertegun, longtime boss of Atlantic Records, has played a great role in promoting blues around the world.

2.  Burd succeeded longtime boss Peter Magowan who resigned to devote attention to his role as managing partner of the San Francisco Giants.

3.  But the stock market quickly rebounded as those early reports were confirmed by the White House and as investors realized Summers would be succeeding his longtime boss.

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

5.  Franz Jozef Strauss, the longtime boss of Bavaria, was a deeply conservative man, a Cold Warrior.

6.  Houston-based Enron and its longtime boss, Kenneth W. Lay, were top supporters of George W. Bush.

7.  It was huge for coach Bob Toledo, who had taken over for longtime UCLA boss Terry Donahue the year before.

8.  Longtime Republican boss who resembles a latter-day Marlon Brando is indicted on corruption charges.

9.  Mike Smith, now the Chicago GM, worked well with Quinn in Toronto, and longtime Hawks boss Bob Pulford also likes the mighty Quinn.