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  • 11wire-pulling — noun see wire puller …

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  • 12wire-pulling — /ˈwaɪə pʊlɪŋ/ (say wuyuh pooling) noun Chiefly US → string pulling. –wire puller, noun …

  • 13Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) — Infobox Album | Name = Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) Type = Album Artist = Captain Beefheart Released = January 1978 Recorded = The Automatt, San Francisco 1978 Genre = Alternative rock Progressive rock Length = 47:20 Label = Warner Bros.… …

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  • 14pull strings — or[pull wires] {v. phr.}, {informal} To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. * /If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull …

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  • 15pull strings — or[pull wires] {v. phr.}, {informal} To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. * /If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull …

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  • 16Good Witch of the West Astraea Testament — Infobox animanga/Header name = Good Witch of the West caption = ja name = 西の善き魔女 ja name trans = Nishi no Yoki Majo genre = Drama, FantasyInfobox animanga/Novel title = author = Noriko Ogiwara illustrator = publisher = flagicon|Japan C Novels… …

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  • 17Director — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Director >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 director director manager governor rector comptroller GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 superintendent superintendent supervisor GRP: N 3 Sgm: N 3 intendant …

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  • 18wirepuller — wirepuller, Wire puller Wire pull er, n. One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends; an intriguer. [1913 Webster] Political wire pullers and convention packers.… …

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  • 19Machiavellian — Synonyms and related words: Artful Dodger, Byzantine, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellianist, Machiavellic, actor, acute, ambidextrous, arch, artful, astute, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler, behind the scenes operator, cagey …

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  • 20influence — Synonyms and related words: Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, acme, act on, act upon, actuation, advance, affect, alter, amperage, animation, armipotence, ascendancy, authority, authorization, bad influence, be all and end all, beef, behind the… …

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