Word: lobbyist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interviewed several employees at KDC, from its growers in the field to the sweatshop where the product is refined to its Washington lobbyist, and came up with the following two recommendations...
...Harvard's Washington lobbying corps is no stranger to pushing for science funding. Several years ago, Harvard co-founded the Science Coalition, an association of research universities which has grown into a formidable lobbying force. In addition, the University itself employs at least one lobbyist who focuses specifically on science funding...
...Navy recruiting centers. Thirteen hundred business leaders gave Ventura a standing ovation. A college crowd yelled for a band to get off the stage so the Governor could come out. The World Wrestling Federation rushed out a commemorative video titled The Mouth, the Myth, the Legend. And a capitol lobbyist said Ventura doesn't have the foggiest notion how government works...
...skeptic," said a lobbyist who paled at the thought of giving his name. It's especially important that a novice like Ventura hear the needs of farmers, truck drivers, doctors, teachers, etc., the lobbyist said. "It takes more than sound bites to run a state with a $20 billion budget...
According to Director of Federal Relations NanNixon, Harvard's Washington lobbyist, Congress isalso considering student aid cuts which could bedetrimental to Harvard...