Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After meeting privately for about 10 minutes the departing machine politician and the newcomer reformist mugged for press and television cameras...
...founded Operation PUSH, a black self-help group based in Chicago, in 1971. He has never held elected political office. "He has certain qualities that would make him a good candidate," says James Compton, president of the Chicago Urban League, "but my own preference would be for a professional politician." Jackson also has a reputation as a sloppy money manager. Last month an unflattering interim federal audit of PUSH-EXCEL, a motivational program for high school students, surfaced in Chicago, raising questions about the program's use of $1.7 million in federal funds...
...often worded ambiguously. Members, meanwhile, find themselves devoting much of their time to constituents' requests, no matter how outlandish. A hog-farm operator, for example, kept after his representative for months to find him a hotel that would deliver him its leftover food, gratis, for his swine. The politician finally delivered and thus earned the unshakable support of the breeder...
Perhaps the most singular element of any country's political character is how the people view the system. In Japan, many seem to feel that politics is a dirty game and that the most effective practitioners may not be the most honest. There is the feeling that a successful politician should be like a creature, as the Japanese saying goes, "capable of drinking both pure and muddy water at the same time...
...daily routine approaches a ritual. Early in the morning, he strolls through his sprawling Tokyo compound, with its exquisitely pebbled garden and tiny pools a pa to a spacious reception hall. There he spends the day greeting a parade of visitors. Politicians, businessmen, constituents: they all come to pay homage to Kakuei Tanaka. For a man forced out as Prime Minister in 1974 for financial juggling, and still awaiting a verdict on charges of pocketing a $2 million bribe, the pageant of respect is remarkable. He remains the country's mightiest politician-the "Shogun of the Darkness," as Tanaka...