41. In a subplot, Dorsey s father, a powerful Pittsburgh political boss , is on his deathbed. 42. Thus spoke William Marcy Tweed, New York's fabled 19th-century political boss and ballot fixer. 43. Truman used to be a judge In Kansas City when Tom Pendergast was the city's political boss . 44. In a comment to Thai television Channel 7, political boss Vatana Asavahame confirmed that the lawmakers had defected. 45. Investigations of official corruption caused the fall of political boss Thomas " Big Tom " Pendergast of Kansas City. 46. Nunes became a local political boss , for his ties to the former PRP ( Partido Republicano Paulista ). 47. Tatangelo succeeded the scandal-plagued administration of Mayor patron, or political boss , and accrued vast wealth. 48. The political boss character in the book, Jethro Bass, was based on New Hampshire politician Ruel Durkee. 49. The NATO-led soldiers of the Stabilization Force also detained Milan Kovacevic, a leading political boss in Prijedor. 50. Police convoys escorted terrified commuters Monday after the slaying of a political boss touched of a massacre and violent confrontation.