What is "politicians"

Usage examples of "politicians".

Lincoln would fight off the politicians in Washington, McClellan was certain he could defeat the enemy in the field, at a time and place of his own choosing.

He motioned at the crowd waiting to see the Presidentfarmers, tradesmen, mothers seeking concessions for their army sons, politicians with a variety of complaints to make or secrets to confide.

Attorney General Bates he knew to be a poor lawyer, Cameron at War and Welles at Navy he considered hack politicians, and Caleb Smith at Interior he dismissed as a Hoosier joke.

General George McClellan was his key, a youthful mind susceptible to flattery, who despised the politicians in power and seemed not to mind hearing Stanton hint at the desirability of a military dictatorship in this time of trial.

Criticism of politicians takes many forms, and a miniature coffin undoubtedly deserves more attention than a telegram.

Bugging the phones of crooked politicians, for example, will require hiring extra wiretap technicians.

This time the discrimination was so flagrantand the juxtaposition so sadthat politicians had no place to hide.

The same politicians now bellowing in outrage about the interdiction of Cuban rafters made not a peep of protest when Clinton took the same step to halt the influx of boat people from Haiti.

On Tuesday, a couple of local politicians, to show support for the refugees, got themselves peacefully arrested outside the White House.

They say it makes more sense to study politicians than convicted murderers.

Hans said he expects to find striking differences between the brains of politicians and those of other humans.

Some politicians can legitimately claim stupidity as an excuse, but not Carollo.

One idea is to seat all politicians in the same section of the stadium.

Many politicians claim to be lawyers even if they have no clients and, in some cases, no office.

That agency was invented by politicians to investigate politicians and therefore was given no teeth.