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Perhaps the most significant of the remaining tasks had been given not to William Krome or Clarence Coe, but to Joseph Parrott, manager of all Flagler’s Florida interests and president of the FEC. Owing to the earlier difficulties with the Navy, there was still no terminal facility built to receive trains or handle the significant shipping traffic
... See moreLes Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
The key to George W. Bush’s electoral success was the segmentation strategies carried out by GOP guru Karl Rove, a direct marketer by trade.
Ray Velez • Converge: Transforming Business at the Intersection of Marketing and Technology
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As Burke said in describing his early years in Albany, “Murphy delegates to the point of anarchy.”7
William Thorndike • The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
Badgering elected officials into taking an interest in pandemics was one part of Sam’s strategy. The second part was getting some new pandemic warriors elected to Congress. Sam’s political operation had figured out, or thought they had, that it made a lot more sense to spend money in primary than in general elections. Voters could be swayed in prim
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
With remarkable candor, Obama revealed his opposition to Israeli settlement building and his support for Palestinian rights. “Obama might be expected to show deeper sympathy for the Palestinian demand for a capital in Jerusalem,” I surmised, “and greater flexibility in including Hamas in negotiations.”
