Big Enchilada

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Big Enchilada

A slang term for a boss, a CEO, or some other executive in an organization.

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And when it comes to supplying authentic recipes in frozen form, Mex-Al El Sombrero GmbH could be called the "Big Enchilada auf alles Laender."

What now for German frozen food market? Weak economy, war fallout cloud future: consumer confidence falls, as petrol prices rise along with unemployment. Disposable income is shrinking. Still, folks have to eat. Discount retailers are doing well, and traffic should pick up at value-oriented fast food restaurants. Frozen food sales seem to be recession-proof. (News from Europe)

Already, says McAuliffe, South Carolina, Michigan and Arizona Democrats have indicated they will grab early February dates, and there is talk that California--the big enchilada in Democratic delegate selection--will move its primary forward to take advantage of the opening.

Primary Predicament

Three depart ures in February were followed in March by the big enchilada himself, Robert Knight, a truly dedicated homophobe who left, mysteriously enough, to take a job with Concerned Women for America.

BTW

What Nader can do is tip the balance in "battleground" states, like Ohio and Wisconsin and the big enchilada of California, to George W.

Letters to the Editor

The big enchilada, however, was the gubernatorial bid, as Koch believed he wouldn't stand a chance without the county leaders.

City for Sale: Ed Koch and the Betrayal of New York

My Greek friends in London assure me that Syriza will ditch its anti-capitalist, Marxist rhetoric once it assures power but I remember my Venezuelan friend telling me the same thing when a paratroop lieutenant-colonel named Hugo Chavez first became the big enchilada in Caracas.