Word: puppeteer
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...first, Sutherland bridled at being treated like a puppet. "But why resist?" he concluded. "The man's a genius." Says Fellini: "I don't have problems with actors-they have problems with me. 'Donaldino' has done very well...
...decision, he stressed, that he had had to reach for himself. Even though it might mean the end of all his hopes, he would have his self-respect. And he would spare them both the familiar abuse-that he was Lyndon Johnson's puppet, that he was not tough enough, that people were tired of him-that would surely be heaped on him the minute he announced. As he would say later: "One thing I don't need at this stage of my life is to be ridiculous." Instead, Humphrey told Muriel he would be the Democratic Party...
...swallow them--as I did--you are swept along by a dogma as internally consistent and all-encompassing as Marxism. With precision and specificity, Skinner tackles the philosophical dilemmas of the ages--free will, consciousness, and "the good." But the person Skinner leaves us with is a mere puppet, without purpose and dignity. He speaks of the self as nothing more than "the small part of the universe which is within one's own skin...
...S.O.B." "Sissy." "Hypocrite." "Puppet...
...into an icy confrontation. [Israeli Premier Yitzhak] Rabin told Kissinger that Israel would not accept dictation. He accused Kissinger of bringing in the President to pressure Israel. Kissinger claimed he had nothing to do with tbe presidential message. He said the Israelis seemed to think the President was a puppet whose strings were held by Kissinger. He said in disgust that if it were up to him, he would have given up. Rabin lit another cigarette, looked straight at Kissinger and said, 'I do not believe...