Word: lobbyist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...testimony before the McCloy committee, Dorsey maintained that he did not know of the fund or of the activities of its chief operative, Claude C. Wild Jr., Gulfs lobbyist in Washington...
...only say what I think−and sometimes my ideas may be at variance with his." Mrs. Ford would not have taken his hard line on New York City's financial crisis. She also feels strongly that a woman should be on the Supreme Court. As a lobbyist, Betty Ford shows innate skill. Along with the unique advantage of what she calls "pillow talk," she confides that she plans her lobbying with care. "I try to pick times when he's in a good mood. I certainly don't harangue him with it when...
David Sugarman, an aide to Dukakis said he did not know if Dukakis will sign the bill, "The governor is still studying the issue," he said, adding that Dukakis "has said his son who is opposed to the bill is proving to be an effective lobbyist...
However, James A. True, a lobbyist for the AICUM, said yesterday that the association will argue to Owen Clarke, commissioner of taxation and corporation, that the schools were not informed of the tax enough ahead of time...
...Sore Throat described the system, until at least two months ago the lobbyists made their requests for political contributions to the A.M.A.'s Washington office, which approved them and passed them along to AMPAC in Chicago. When they were approved, AMPAC sent the checks, made out to the Physicians' Committee for Good Government of the District of Columbia, back to the A.M.A.'s Washington office. The committee then wrote a check from its own account and passed it along to the lobbyist to give to the Senator or Representative for whom it was intended...