wirepulling

A special Distributist Chancellor of the Exchequer, not being “a servant of the F.B.I., or the financiers, or the oil magnates, or any other system of wirepulling or back-stair politics…could word his act in a clear, simple language, having nothing to conceal, nothing to ‘give away.’ and no axe to grind.”

Developing the Distributist Program: Part Four 2008

In the place of proof were the frequent declarations of the railroad people themselves, and since the railroads had shown no prior aversion to political wirepulling, and since their grip on the country as a whole had become a very live political issue, the specter Morgan raised of paid railroad agents scheming to wreck the canal was one nobody took lightly.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

In the place of proof were the frequent declarations of the railroad people themselves, and since the railroads had shown no prior aversion to political wirepulling, and since their grip on the country as a whole had become a very live political issue, the specter Morgan raised of paid railroad agents scheming to wreck the canal was one nobody took lightly.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Originally Liu had had a far smaller set of rooms in the same building, and Michelis, after he had got used to the idea, had had them both installed in the present apartment with only a minimum of wirepulling.

A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953

Originally Liu had had a far smaller set of rooms in the same building, and Michelis, after he had got used to the idea, had had them both installed in the present apartment with only a minimum of wirepulling.

A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953

Conference that there was but little, if any, wirepulling on the part of "friends" seeking promotion.

Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism 1916

The idea of ecclesiastical wirepulling was repugnant to his nature.

The Brentons Anna Chapin Ray 1905

Since no elections were permitted, all appointments and removals were made from military headquarters, which soon became political beehives, centers of wirepulling and agencies for the distribution of spoils.

The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states Walter Lynwood Fleming 1903

Then he shook hands with me, and sed I was smarter 'an chane litenin', and I'd get to be Preserdent sum day, cos I beet all the pollytishuns he ever know'd at wirepulling.

The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858