Word: politico
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard students who get too smug about their work. Higgins tells the story of one campus politico of a decade back. In the second semester of his senior year. Patrick H. Caddell '72 was the chief pollster for George McGovern presidential bid A few weeks after receiving his Harvard diploma. Caddell helped mastermind the liberal senator's victory at the Democratic convention in Miami. --Marc O. Litt '84 --Christina A. Spaulding '84 --Sam Medalie...
...politically potent peace movement, with its anti-American overtones, and encourage the Soviets to act tougher. Thus, as soon as the implications of Reagan's statement became clear, the so-called fudge factory of State Department spokesmen began backtracking. Richard Burt, director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, rushed onto the CBS Morning News the following day and explained, "What the President actually said was that the Soviets have the momentum and we are worried about the trends...
...would the Soviets use these deadly weapons? According to Richard Burt, director of the State Department's Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, "chemicals were the most effective way" of removing enemies from contested territory. Argues Burt: "The Soviets teach in their chemical-warfare school that lethal chemical weapons are acceptable and effective in putting down resistance in a local war, particularly when it looks like you've got them...
...called Chyron flashes numbers and text on the screen. Such zippiness is a long way from the paleolithic days of newsgathering in the 1950s, when "creepie-peepies" roamed the floors of political conventions so fast that the camera had moved on before a sign could be lettered identifying the politico...
...national security advisers. The major proponent of selling advanced jets to Taiwan, Richard Allen, was no longer sitting in the National Security Adviser's chair to offer objections. On Saturday, a delegation headed by Assistant Secretary of State John Holdridge and Deputy Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs Robert Blackwill was scheduled to leave for Peking...