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Word: wisemen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Armed with a hefty public opinion poll, the Democratic wisemen--chairmen of their state parties--mapped-out a strategy for the '86 elections. They decided Democrats would do best to avoid the words "Ronald Reagan"--an incantation for Republican victory--and urged their party not to target the President's policies...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Giving Up the Ship | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

MONEY HAS always been the life blood of a Presidential campaign, but most campaign wisemen agree that never before has the umbilical cord between dollars and votes been so strong...

Author: By George S. Canellos, | Title: The Buck Starts Here | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...conference table plunked down in the middle, the Roosevelt Room is the spot Edwin Meese III, Reagan's top adviser, has dreamed of ruling for his whole life. That very afternoon, in fact, he is dreaming of having a brainstorming session there, and soon a troop of white-haired wisemen files in with matching black and gold briefing books. After several uncomfortable glances and an embarrassed exit the door of the Roosevelt Room is closed behind the intruders. A Secret Service man guarding the back entrance to the Oval Office is not at all pleased to find in his sector...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: A Presidential Close-Up | 2/13/1981 | See Source »

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