Word: politican
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mayor?" The Education of a City Politican...
...quotation on the plaque which catches the visitor's eye, reflecting the kind of hardnosed attitude, picked up from years of running for and holding elective office, that Thornburgh brings with him to his new job. Thornburgh is first and foremost a politican, and his background in and love for electoral politics was a prime reason why the K-school hired...
...Reagan is a politican, and a master one at that. Rarely ir international politics does a single move--short of armed conflict--have the effect of his November 16 speech or American nuclear policy. Facing considerable opposition to his program of rebuilding U.S. military might. Reagan outlined a four-point agenda for reducing conventional and nuclear forces and neatly tripped up the Soviets in the mounting war of words over peace...
...ninth child in every family--are objectionable, but these personal weaknesses cannot alone destroy a country. Ignoring the forces inside and outside of the country can lead to the country's deterioration, and, Djilas concedes, Tito cannot be accused of this mistake. For Djilas sees Tito as a "politican of formidable resources, unerring instincts, and inexhaustible energy...
...last hope is to forge a coalition of independents and moderate Republicans and Democrats. But he will have to build a statewide campaign organization from scratch and raise a planned budget of at least $1 million. The task is formidable. Said an old friend and veteran New York politican: "Jack promised to campaign for the Liberal Party, and he always keeps his promises. But I don't think you'll find that his heart is in it any more...