Word: lobbyist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...MacArthur meddled in non-military affairs. Many (perhaps most) of the important subjects dealt with by high officers of all armies are partly military and partly political or economic or social or psychological. It is no reflection on George Marshall to say that he is the most successful congressional lobbyist of his time. Reaching agreement with congressmen on the defense objectives and needs of the U.S. was a main part of Marshall's wartime job as Chief of Staff. Such a job cannot be performed without reference to nonmilitary matters...
Four Stars. Since Radford was a man of charm and an able, forceful lobbyist, he was persuaded by the late James Forrestal, then Secretary of the Navy, to stay in the CNO's office to negotiate the service merger which Forrestal saw was inevitably coming...
...candidate was. The important thing was that he won; Roy's firm got a lot of business from people who dealt with state agencies. In fact, anybody wanting a state favor was likely to employ Roy's firm as consultants or Roy himself as a lobbyist...
Washington's lean, lanky Senator Harry P. Cain has been called "the No. 1 real-estate lobbyist in America," and says he considers it a compliment. Last week Cain proved his claim to the title...
Graham's real opposition came from 62-year-old Willis Smith, a Raleigh corporation lawyer and chairman of the Duke University board of trustees who once served as president of the American Bar Association, and was a registered state lobbyist for several manufacturers and wholesalers. Though he was a cold, uninspired speaker, who often talked at his audience as if he were addressing a jury in a utility case, he seemed to be making considerable headway...