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...want to destabilize Blair to help his chief rival Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Six years into government, there's a sizable clutch of resentful ex-ministers and others stuck on the backbenches. And some Labour M.P.s have wanted to signal deep frustration that Downing Street policy wonks don't consult them enough before uncorking big bills. "There's been too much policy by laptop," admits James Purnell, a former Downing Street wonk who is now an M.P. Government whips hoped that the peril Blair faced from Hutton would forge party discipline for the vote on tuition fees...
...policy wonk known for negotiating complicated and lengthy zoning agreements—and for winning elections by a razor-thin margin—Maher says politicking is not his forte...
Thompson's research led him to Doug Ross, founder of University Preparatory Academy in Detroit. Ross is a prominent New Democrat policy wonk who served in Bill Clinton's Labor Department, then went home to Michigan and ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1998. "I learned during the campaign there was one overpowering issue for inner-city parents: to get their kids a college education," Ross told me. "I was tired of theoretical policy junk; I wanted to do something that really mattered. It was clear that urban kids were not responding to the industrial-age assembly-line education model...
...Thompson's research led him to Doug Ross, founder of University Preparatory Academy in Detroit. Ross is a prominent New Democrat policy wonk who served in Bill Clinton's Labor Department, then went home to Michigan and ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1998. "I learned during the campaign there was one overpowering issue for inner-city parents: to get their kids a college education," Ross told me. "I was tired of theoretical policy junk; I wanted to do something that really mattered. It was clear that urban kids were not responding to the industrial-age assembly-line education model...
Gross helped introduce Clayburgh to the rough-and-tumble life of a math wonk, referring her to three female colleagues of his so she could get an idea of what it was like for a woman in academia. When she visited them, Gross says, the movie star was crestfallen to learn that female professors in the male-dominated field of math weren’t as confident and commanding as the role Bergstein had written...