Word: eggheadism
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...political power tools that he can command, Larry O'Brien's greatest strength lies in his personal relationships with the members of Congress. He can talk their language. Like them, he is a political pro. He has the pro's disdain for windmill-tilting amateurs. "The eggheads," he says, "want the candidate to win on his own terms, to defy the party and interest groups. The egghead thinks it's worthwhile to be defeated. I think it's worthwhile to be elected." This same pragmatic professionalism sets O'Brien apart from many...
...idea. In his keynote speech, the association's outgoing president, Whitney North Seymour, said flatly: "Most of us realize that anything like a durable peace will require increased reliance on international law and institu tions to apply it. Our Committee on World Peace Through Law is no egghead concept, no public relations invention. It presses toward a basic goal always close to the hearts of all those who see increased respect for the reliance on law as the only sure way to a peaceful world...
...public housing and urban renewal. When the occasion demands, Barry Goldwater can and does quote from such conservative philosophers as Edmund Burke and Russell Kirk-but he sounds uneasy when he does so, and he is often a disappointment to groups who come expecting to hear a conservative egghead. Goldwater himself is the first to confess that he is not a profound political thinker. "I'm not a philosopher," he says. "I'm a salesman trying to sell the conservative view of government...
...strike has thus far attracted attention in local newspapers, and MacDonald is hopeful that it will get some national coverage. He reports that he has received many encouraging phone calls as well as a letter which described him as a "stupid, egghead bastard...
...egghead, balanced Businessman Senator Smith will catch more than fish for the Commonwealth of the Sacred Cod during Roomie Jack's tenure...