Word: deaver
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with Beckwith as his guide, made a kind of Cook's tour of the new influence peddlers, visiting the offices of top Washington lobbyists like Tommy Boggs, the son of Louisiana Congresswoman Lindy Boggs; Anne Wexler, former aide to President Jimmy Carter; and ex-White House Majordomo Michael Deaver. The experience, says Thomas, provided him with an updated view of Washington -- and gave a special immediacy to this week's story...
After former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver quit last May to become a "public affairs consultant," he drove about town for a while in a dark blue Dodge, very much like the limousines that transport top Executive Branch officials. The car served to get Deaver where he was going in more ways than one: in status-conscious Washington, it was a not-so-subtle reminder of / his White House connections. Now Deaver has given up the status symbol of public power for one of private wealth. These days he rides in a chauffeur- driven Jaguar XJ6 equipped...
What makes Deaver so valuable? "There's no question I've got as good access as anybody in town," says Deaver, as he reclines on a couch in his tastefully appointed office overlooking the Lincoln Memorial. Alone among departing White House aides, Deaver was permitted to keep his White House pass. He also still chats regularly on the phone with Nancy Reagan. But Deaver insists that he never discusses his clients' problems with the First Lady or the President. Actually, Deaver says, he does not do much lobbying. Nor does he do any public relations work, or legislative drafting...
...Strategic planning," he says somewhat airily. His clients tell him "where they want to be vis-a-vis Washington in three to five years, and I help them develop a plan to get there." In fact, although Deaver is a relative newcomer to Washington, it is hard to think of a lobbyist who has a better sense of how the Reagan Administration works or who has more clout among the Reaganauts. And in a city where perception is often reality, Deaver is known as a master imagemaker who kept Reagan's profile high and bright. It is not hard...
...eponymous city of the man who fought to have the inequities of hereditary privilege purged from a new nation, socialites and politicians were maneuvering like Machiavellian courtiers in order to meet the Prince and Princess. "It's the social event of the season," said former White House Aide Michael Deaver, who now heads his own p.r. firm. "This is one of those events that if you're not invited," said Sheila Tate, Nancy Reagan's former press secretary, "you'll plan to be away for the weekend so no one will know." Miss Manners, a.k.a. Washington Post Syndicated Columnist Judith...