Word: yorkerism
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...When I was at [the White House Office of Management and Budget], it was hard to find time to go to the bathroom. Now I can't eat. Maybe it's all working out." - on his appointment to serve as Clinton's Chief of Staff, New Yorker, July...
...Leon knows when to be aggressive and conciliatory, how to pick off members, isolate them, close a deal. He knows where to settle, when, and all the intermediate judgments." - Howard Paster, former White House legislative liaison, New Yorker, July...
...Sunday supplement and approached Clay to work on the magazine, which became New York. What I really remember was Clay talking about making this Sunday supplement the best magazine in America. We naturally thought he was whistling in the rain. But it was not very long before the New Yorker was very worried...
...think the face of the Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi." - arguing his party should be seen as more centrist than the House Speaker, New Yorker...
...always start out by being a gentleman. I only use intimidation and fear when I absolutely have to." - on his tough-guy reputation (The New Yorker, July...