Word: strategist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Barnes is widely respected by churchmen as a behind-the-scenes ecclesiastical strategist with a knack for welding divergent theological views into an acceptable compromise. But he never lost sight of "the need for keeping a pioneer spirit in the church," as one of his clerical friends puts it. In his address to the delegates representing 30 Protestant and Orthodox churches, Barnes warned that this pioneer spirit might be corroded by "ennui, even lethargy" as the idea of Christian unity becomes commonplace. If the ecumenical movement is to succeed, he said, "there must be renewal within the churches," and scope...
...memory of the fall of Bataan and Corregidor drove MacArthur through a brilliant Pacific campaign. He was one of the first Army generals to be sold on the potential of strategic air power. With Lieutenant General George C. Kenney as his No. 1 air strategist, he mounted furious assaults upon the Japanese land and naval forces that had smothered the Pacific islands. "It doesn't matter how much you have, so long as you fight with what you have," he said. "It doesn't matter where you fight, so long as you fight. Because where you fight...
...member of the German parliament, the Bundestag, since 1949, Erler is presently his party's principal parliamentary strategist. The Social Democrats, under Berlin's Mayor Willy Brandt, are the main opposition to the Christian Democrats, the party of Chancellor Ludwig Erhart...
...former White House strategist's apartment in Leverett and his appointment as Research Associate are unconnected. If for personal reasons he wishes to take a larger apartment off-campus later in the Spring, it will not affect his position at the Graduate School of Public Administration...
...lieutenant aboard the carrier Essex in World War II, managed an Austin radio station, then became attorney for Fort Worth Oil Millionaire Sid Richardson. Tips from Richardson brought Connally a personal fortune of millions through deals in oil properties. The friendship of Johnson, whom Connally served as top strategist in every L.B.J. election campaign since 1937, brought him appointment as Secretary of the Navy under Jack Kennedy...