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Czars

Grant Barrett

San Diego, California

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2008/12/29 - 1:57pm

Czar Wars: How did a term for Russian royalty work its way into American government?. This efflorescence of czarsâ€”those interagency point people charged with cutting through red tape to coordinate policyâ€”has people wondering: Why do we use a term from imperial Russia to describe bureaucratic troubleshooters?

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