Word: strategist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...criticized the Clinton program's lack of cuts in a meeting chaired by Vice President Al Gore on Feb. 18 -- even though one of Shelby's most treasured pork projects, the $31 billion space station -- was left virtually untouched by Clinton's budget trimmers. "Inexcusable," said a steamed Clinton strategist. Two weeks ago, the empire struck back, shifting from Alabama to Texas a 90-person space- shuttle management team long protected by Shelby. Five days later, Shelby quietly joined 55 other Democrats and 10 Republicans and voted for the unemployment bill. "Mr. Shelby's vote was appreciated," said an Administration...
...closing months of the Bush Administration). For example, despite the well-publicized losses at GM, IBM and Sears, corporate profits in general are soaring. Low interest rates have reduced the cost of paying off debt, and downsizing programs have made many companies more competitive. Says Hugh Johnson, financial strategist for the New York investment firm First Albany: "The stock market is telling you that with or without Clinton, the 1993 economy is going to be stronger than anyone thought...
...offensive was a gamble by the communist leadership in Hanoi to break the momentum of the U.S. war effort. "The American military was so huge we could not possibly destroy it, so we had to destroy America's will to fight," says legendary military strategist General Vo Nguyen Giap, who served as North Vietnam's Defense Minister in 1968. "And by that measure, the Tet offensive * succeeded." America's leaders had convinced their public that the war against communism was being won at a reasonable cost. Tet shattered that myth...
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, THEY WERE AT THE HEART OF WHAT was known as the War Room, the pressurized chamber in Little Rock famed for formulating rapid political parries and thrusts: James Carville, the raging Cajun strategist; his partner, Paul Begala; media maven Mandy Grunwald; and pollster Stanley Greenberg. When they failed to follow Clinton to the White House, their laser-sharp populist instincts were soon missed. Now Clinton has called them back, though just how much he relies on them remains a question. In room 160 of the Executive Office Building, aides have re-created the War Room. Around...
...Electric Power Co. argued that a coal tax would "burden the steel, auto, metalworking, chemical, plastics, paint, paper and primary manufacturing industries, which rely heavily on coal-fired electricity and carbon-based fuels." Such objections seem likely to doom the levy. "Forget the carbon tax," says a top Democratic strategist on Capitol Hill. "If you're looking at 1996 -- and they are at the White House -- that would cost them Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania...