Word: strategist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...competes with Cuomo in the passionate-oratory department. Biden's field organization is still fledgling, but his ability to raise funds awes the competition. Dukakis, with his reputation as a successful Governor and his popularity in New Hampshire, comes across as a take-charge sort with potential. One Hart strategist argues that Dukakis, once he is better known, will attract many of Hart's former supporters...
...downs, no investor has done better than George Soros, 56. During the past two years alone, the soft-spoken, Hungarian-born manager of a fund known as Quantum has amassed a staggering $1.5 billion in profits for himself and a small group of foreign investors. Says Barton Biggs, global strategist for Morgan Stanley: "Soros really is a genius, our all-time champion...
...candidate, Haig boasts high name recognition and a resume that rivals George Bush's. But political professionals consider Haig's chances to be, at the very best, remote. "When you talk about all the Republican scenarios," says one independent G.O.P. strategist, "Haig's is the most improbable." His support in the polls hovers below the 10% range, and he is plagued by an army of negative public impressions. One reason is the lingering recollection of his overwrought performance in the White House briefing room the day Reagan was shot. His quavery assertion that "I am in control here...
...secretary and alter ego on Capitol Hill. Griscom delayed returning to a lucrative public-relations job to assist his former boss during the transition period, and has apparently been persuaded to stay on in a position still to be determined, probably as a mixture of communications director and Baker strategist...
...speculative takeover stocks. This time, big institutions and foreign investors evidently believed the scandal poses no particular threat to their current strategy of snapping up basic industrial stocks, which the buyers think will be helped by a growing economy and a falling U.S. dollar. Says Byron Wien, a stock strategist for the Morgan Stanley investment firm: "The continued strength of the market shows that most investors do not believe the system is evil...