Word: bureaucrat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Such harsh criticism of a Bundesbank chief is rarely voiced in Germany. But Tietmeyer, 65, who survived an assassination attempt by the ultraleftist German Red Army Faction, is used to taking the heat for tough decisions. A senior economic-policy bureaucrat and later the top civil servant in the Finance Ministry, he was Germany's negotiator during the contentious exchange-rate talks of the 1980s. A staunch conservative on monetary policy, Tietmeyer nonetheless has supported European integration, and as far back as the 1970s sat on a committee that drafted an early plan for monetary union...
...bureaucrat, Franklin S. Reeder of the Office of Administration, made a valiant effort to keep at least the WhoDB Christmas card list "pure" by making sure it was beyond the reach of party fund raisers. But Reeder lost. Records show that more than 65,000 cards were sent to D.N.C. and Clinton campaign donors, perhaps in the hope they would send back cash...
...United States' hand-picked choice, and resentment of that fact will undoubtedly hinder the diplomat's relations with some nations. "If somebody has to carry this burden," Michaels says, "he's probably the only one who can pull it off. He's a team builder and a bureaucrat, but the question is, Does he have vision?" His first order of business as secretary general will be stabilizing UN finances. One immediate help would be to convince the U.S. to pay more than $1 billion in back dues. His ability to collect will depend convincing critics in the Republican Congress...
After it stood firm against my advances, I lost my cool and threatened to haul it to the junkyard. But it would not budge, so I had no choice. I asked the bureaucrat for help. There were only five minutes left, and when he said that he'd "be right over," I abandoned all hope. Still, I did everything I could to make the drawer open. I used reverse psychology, and I faked leaving the room so that it would let its guard down, then snuck up behind it and attempted to pry it open...
...cabinet laughed at my feeble attempts, but with only 30 seconds remaining, a miracle occurred. The bureaucrat came to help me and due to his long-standing relationship with my steely foe, he was easily able to coax it open with 10 seconds to spare. I grabbed the microform as time expired. I had beaten the library. I had found the location where all three works should have been...