straw boss
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The one name you will not find in that essay is Lance Armstrong, who was the straw boss of the team during Vaughters’s short time around the Tour.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2012
Rather, he will be a Pentagon straw boss for missiles, working for the President through Killian and Defense Secretary Neil McElroy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dunn will now be McNamara's straw boss in charge of some $1 billion worth of work and 40,000 military and civilian engineers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unofficially, he is India's chief planner, chief policymaker, chief reformer and universal straw boss.
From Time Magazine Archive
The straw boss had no faith in her, having watched her sweating hard to fill her sack as quickly as the children, but she was highly and suddenly vocal in her determination.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
