Word: wonking
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Adopting a method of communication used by his nemesis Perot, Lamm spoke not with notes, but with slides. With numerous quotations and a seemingly endless knowledge of statistics, Lamm conveyed the images of both grass-roots politician and public-policy wonk...
...told [Harvard], 'Look, I'm not a wonk. I'd rather pump around in the discussions,'" Simpson said. "But I have to play the game; so I'll assign a book list...
...like to think that I wouldn't have agreed to that photo op that called for peering out of a tank hatch while wearing what looked like the helmet of a corporal in the wonk corps. But if height is truly destiny, I would have been skunked by George Bush anyway...
...might be less than $27 because I live in New York City, where alternatives to driving are available and increasingly attractive. The subway system, for instance, has mostly new trains as well as many renovated stations, and I think of it as much safer now that Bernhard Goetz, the wonk vigilante, is moving to Boston...
...adroit fund raiser and campaign tactician. He has served as an informal adviser for more than a year. Coelho's stock at the White House rose higher when Leon Panetta became chief of staff. They had once been twin stars of the California House delegation -- Panetta the policy wonk, Coelho the practical politician...