Word: confidante
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sound political sense and meticulous attention to detail are characteristic of Clifford and among the reasons that he has been the trusted confidant of four Presidents. His imposing demeanor (a Washington lawyer once said that listening to Clifford was like listening to God) contrasts with his relatively modest background. Son...
More thrills were to follow. Lance swiftly established himself as one of the most important figures in the Carter Administration, his powers extending far beyond his job as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He was one of the President's top economic advisers, his affable and...
Just 27 days after Mao Tse-tung's death last September, Wang Tung-hsing, a close confidant of Mao's since the 1930s, set out on what seemed like a simple courtesy call on Mao's politically ambitious widow, Chiang Ch'ing. Accompanied by some aides...
Without even a building to call its own, ;he Comptroller of the Currency's office is a federal backwater, responsible only for the important but dull job of regulating the 4,600 national banks. Suddenly, the comptroller's quarters at the L'Enfant Plaza hotel are among...
The deadline on the sale of Lance's stock has been weighing more and more heavily on him. As news coverage of Lance's troubles increased, the President showed signs of growing concern. He asked Atlanta Attorney Charles Kirbo. 60, his longtime confidant, to fly to Washington, for...