Word: maneuverers
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Johnson's distrust of Vice President Hubert Humphrey has never been so starkly chronicled. He stripped Humphrey of authority on civil rights programs in a brutal maneuver that went through Califano. "He has Minnesota running- water disease," L.B.J. roared. "I've never known anyone from Minnesota that could keep their...
In a surprising tactical maneuver, Sullivan plays Leake under the basket on defense. While this initially seems strange, there are numerous benefits.
But the President's maneuver succeeded. His record for sustained vetoes remained perfect -- 23 to zip.
Another quirky maneuver is the author's tendency to switch between first and third person. Ostensibly he seeks to portray Frank's distance from his numerous problems. Kaplan also varies the tense from past to present. Mostly, this makes the book less readable, truncating any natural flow. Occasionally in all...
Roughly 12 hours passed before the outside world knew anything. But at 6 a.m. Monday, TASS, the Soviet news agency, reported falsely that Gorbachev was ill and had yielded his powers temporarily to Yanayev. An hour later, TASS announced the formation of the eight-member State Committee for the State...