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To: MJ who wrote (319013)8/9/2009 6:29:48 PM
From: FJB1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793725
 
First use of czar here in the States was "drug czar" in 1982.

The 'drug czar' title was first published in a 1982 news story quoting Joe Biden by United Press International which reported that “Senators... voted 62-34 to establish a ‘drug czar’ who would have overall responsibility for U.S. drug policy.”[2]

en.wikipedia.org



To: MJ who wrote (319013)8/9/2009 6:46:37 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk2 Recommendations  Respond to of 793725
 
the American Constitution has no place for Czars

Commissars would be a better term. Most voters couldn't discern the difference, though.


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