Word: strategist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact that government is no longer going to be so generous with taxpayers' money may be Scrooge-like, but it strikes me as rather responsible behavior," says Republican strategist William Kristol. "For too many years, some liberals have felt they were doing good by generously spending taxpayers' money. Now Americans, want to take a much harder look at what really does good and what does harm...
...James Carville, Clinton campaign strategist...
...always good for the bond market,"said Joseph Carballeira, the head of U.S government- securities trading at Smith Barney. "Initially, there was a sense of optimism when the Republicans won. But now there is the sense that fiscal discipline may be over." Said Hugh Johnson, chief investment strategist for First Albany: "This has become a nagging fear that bond traders have in the back of their heads. They might not discuss it much, but the fear is there...
...write-off of its Hollywood assets. (The music and television operations remain big moneymakers.) Around the same time, Schulhof recruited Jeff Sagansky, the former president of CBS's entertainment division, to be his second in command. But observers wonder what role Sagansky has been playing as a long-term strategist. "He's a mystery to everyone," says a Hollywood agent. Though he may have helped save Sony Pictures, Schulhof may be too late to save his own job. "He has a grim future," comments one rival Hollywood studio chief. "He has publicly taken responsibility for Sony's condition...
...Insider-Reformers: After grousing for years about gridlock, the public wants Congress to produce the reform Clinton hasn't. "For once," says former Republican National Committee chairman Rich Bond, who is much in demand as a strategist by almost all the wannabes, "something positive may come from the Hill. If it does, Bob Dole will be credited for much of it." While many of the potential candidates can raise modest amounts of money, Dole is one of the few who can garner the $20 million necessary to take him through the early primaries without mortgaging his house. His failures...