Word: lobbyist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan is still capable of saving his Administration from the Iranscam quagmire. The retired Senate majority leader was hailed as a principled pragmatist who is also a respected public figure. "It was a first-rate appointment that provides the White House with instant credibility," said Kenneth Duberstein, a prominent lobbyist and Reagan's former legislative liaison. As congressional hearings on the Iran-contra affair get under way this spring, the Administration might also benefit from the respect Baker commands among his former colleagues on Capitol Hill. Said Senator Alan Dixon, an Illinois Democrat: "We know he's fair, we know...
...politicization of research could push scholarly work towards looking for marketable products instead of searching for 'Veritas' for its own sake," Harvard lobbyist Parker Coddington said last month...
Harvard's lobbyist Coddington shares Toye'sview of the changing nature of science. "There isno question that 'Big Science' is starting toreplace 'little science,' " he said...
Wright has no close associates in the House and prefers tending roses at his home in McLean, Va., to mixing on the cocktail circuit. Says his friend, Lobbyist Craig Raupe: "He's basically a shy man." Shy but, as with many Texas politicians, unabashedly ambitious. At 23 Wright was elected to the Texas state legislature; at 27 he became the youngest mayor in Texas. Ten years ago, Wright scored an upset in the race for House majority leader when, with some astute and quiet politicking, he beat the favorite by a single vote in an election few thought he should...
...actually recall his letter to Jenkins. Meanwhile, investigations of Wedtech's ties to influential politicians are under way in New York City and Baltimore; a federal grand jury in New York has called Nofziger to testify. Like Michael Deaver, a fellow Reagan intimate and lobbyist who is already under investigation by a special counsel, Nofziger may have stumbled while walking too fine a line between serving the public and seeking private gain...