Word: maverickly
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...sales feats, Perot is currently pulling off his best job yet--the creation and selling of his own image. Perot as the populist. Perot as the ultimate democrat. Perot as the maverick outsider. Perot as the candidate unsullied by the dirty hands of government. Considering the facts of Perot's career, it's been a masterful sell...
...grenades Smith lobs in his new book, Women and Doctors: A Physician's Explosive Account of Women's Medical Treatment -- and Mistreatment -- in America Today (Atlantic Monthly Press; $20.95). Male domination of the medical profession has bred a host of abuses, says Smith, 49, a medical maverick who upset colleagues by starting the first HMO in Colorado Springs, Colo., and now acts as a consultant on national health policy. Research on heart disease and cancer, as well as on the benefits of various therapies, has centered almost exclusively on men. "We've got a body of knowledge that doesn...
...weeks ahead the TV talk shows are apt to be filled with Washington insiders harrumphing mightily that, of course, Perot could never deal with Congress; it would be a disaster. This conventional view is buttressed by a strong argument: Perot, the perpetual maverick who could never recruit allies on the GM board of directors, would be facing a Congress of 535 members of the opposition parties. Pet rocks, indeed. But legislators can also read the election returns, or they wouldn't be on Capitol Hill in the first place. As California Democratic Congressman Howard Berman says, "The level of demoralization...
Jerry Brown, the flamed-out former California Governor, derided by Democratic insiders as a flake, a fake, a maverick and a mountebank, regained political legitimacy last week by edging out Clinton 37% to 36% in the Connecticut primary. "It's a miracle," Brown proclaimed. "It's not about me. It's about the grass roots rising up against the bounced checks, the congressional pay raises, the corrupt status...
Weicker, a lifelong politician who has earned a reputation as a maverick, said citizens should realize that public officials reflect the character of the people, even in their faults...