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Yet, congressional chieftains like Speaker of the House Joseph G. Cannon and Senator Nelson Aldrich saw reorganizing the executive branch as wholly different.
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Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made By History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
The Met’s chieftain has had prior issues with free expression in the cultural press.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The rare, valuable objects uncovered from the site point to the power and influence the chieftain had.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
The chieftains of the regime seem to care more about their freedom to travel and hold property around the world than about the hardships of ordinary Venezuelans.
—Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2021
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Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made By History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
The Met’s chieftain has had prior issues with free expression in the cultural press.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The rare, valuable objects uncovered from the site point to the power and influence the chieftain had.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
The chieftains of the regime seem to care more about their freedom to travel and hold property around the world than about the hardships of ordinary Venezuelans.
—Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2021
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“Chieftain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chieftain. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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