burgomaster
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Bulganin was an Old Bolshevik whose long years of managing Soviet agencies without ever saying a flat yes or no had only enhanced his ability to look, dress and propose toasts like a Belgian burgomaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mild-mannered Frank Zeidler behaves more like a conservative burgomaster than a doctrinaire Socialist.
From Time Magazine Archive
The burgomaster, with relish rather than resolution, did so immediately.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stereotype of the small-city mayor is a Babbittish burgomaster who divides his time between Rotary luncheons and Boy Scout wiener roasts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Herr Lueger, the burgomaster of Vienna, sent a cable message to Mayor Harrison, expressing sympathy and deep condolence over the terrible catastrophe.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
