Word: strategist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...best indication of Stevenson's fadeout came from Attorney James Doyle of Madison, Wis., a longtime Stevenson friend and advocate, who last fortnight sent out word of an important press conference to announce the formation of a national draft-Stevenson movement, with himself as chairman and chief strategist. But by the time of the press conference last week, Jim Doyle had changed his tune. There would be no draft movement, he said, no Stevenson organization of any kind. His advice to the faithful: "Each Stevenson supporter must decide for himself whether to vote for Humphrey or Kennedy, or simply...
...about this welfare program, in Democratic eyes, is that even if the Democrats get it all past the President's veto barrier, the total political value may be slight compared to the appeal of the President's peace issue. Last week a newsman asked a top Democratic strategist how much he thought the welfare program, if enacted, would be worth to the party's presidential candidate next November. Said the strategist, after a moment of silent thought: "Nothing...
Phillips, onetime aide of the late Railroader Robert R. Young, was a strategist in Young's successful proxy fight to win control of the New York Central in 1954. But after the Central victory, Phillips fell out with his boss. Since then, he has been at war with everyone connected with Alleghany, first with Young, then with Young's old friend, Alleghany Chairman Allan P. Kirby, 67, and all his allies. Phillips' complaint: Alleghany's executives were conducting Alleghany's affairs "primarily in the interests of themselves and a small group of insiders." He argued...