Word: wonk
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...became friends while attending Philadelphia's Drexel University, known for its computer-science offerings. There they joined the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, where they defied the wonk stereotype by adding club hopping to their considerable computer skills. After leaving Drexel, all three pursued work in information technology...
...more like Al Gore than he is like his easygoing brother. The Governor is a policy wonk who has to grind away for his successes. When George, not Jeb, was the first to win a statehouse, Mom exclaimed, "Can you believe it!?" Jeb isn't nearly as playful as his palm tree--covered tie would suggest. At a retirement center in Boynton Beach, he solemnly shakes hands, quietly adding an "honestly" to his "I need your vote." He tells TIME the race is close "but not as close as Mr. McBride's internal polls suggest. That's a fund-raising...
...more like Al Gore than he is like his easygoing brother. The Governor is a policy wonk who has to grind away for his successes. When George, not Jeb, was the first to win a statehouse, Mom exclaimed, "Can you believe it!?" Jeb isn't nearly as playful as his palm tree - covered tie would suggest. At a retirement center in Boynton Beach, he solemnly shakes hands, quietly adding an "honestly" to his "I need your vote." He tells Time the race is close "but not as close as Mr. McBride's internal polls suggest. That's a fund-raising...
...speech, Moynihan, who has a reputation as a “policy-wonk,” cited journal articles and noted political scientists at length...
...Moynihan the politician and policy-wonk has returned to academia. He currently teaches at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs...