Word: rolodex
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Through it all, Rove wore his war room on his belt--the postcard-size BlackBerry communicator that holds his unmatchable Rolodex as well as his e-mail system, through which he squirted orders and suggestions to campaign workers and lobbyists using only a few words. "It's like haiku," says a political operative who has been on the receiving end. During meetings--even ones with the President--Rove would constantly spin the BlackBerry's dial and punch out text on its tiny keyboard. "Sometimes we're in a meeting talking to each other and BlackBerrying each other at the same...
...they did remember my name,” says the politically interested first-year (who forgot his interviewer’s name by the end of their chat). “But one thing I hope they don’t do is put my name on a goddamn Rolodex and call me up in 30 years asking for money...
...cannot believe there is any better world to find. At best, we believe we can improve our personal lot in this world. And so we neglect to vote and we become investment bankers, and if we enter politics it is with visions of a teenaged Bill Clinton and his Rolodex of potentially useful contacts dancing in our heads. Our crusades are personal and concrete; we know the dangers of idealism, and how little Don Quixote’s pasteboard visor offers. Our early modern literary avatar is not Cervantes’ daydreaming knight but Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus...
Dalias' first clever move was to enlist a champion with a gold-plated international Rolodex: Michael Feinstein, a senior principal at Atlas Venture in Boston. Before becoming a venture capitalist, Feinstein had been vice president of marketing in charge of global sales at New Oak Communications, a maker of Internet security devices that is now part of Nortel Networks. Through his contacts, Feinstein was able to entice the business-development director of NetOne to visit WaveSmith at its Acton, Mass., headquarters for a demonstration of its new multiservice switch. The product, which transmits data, voice and video in a carrier...
...part, the author says he now hopes to return to Afghanistan, "not to get involved on either side," but to interview Taliban soldiers and write a new book about the group from the inside. Sounds like he's got the experience, the courage, and a very handy Rolodex...