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From his teenage years, he’s shown a preternatural feel for the game, a singular ability to dictate action and flow.

Ackman has recently turned his megaphone to social issues, cementing his place among a brotocracy of the nation’s wealthiest men trying to dictate policy.

Common wisdom dictated that the longer driver of a pair should tee off on the odd numbered holes because of how those in particular tended to favor power.

On a show dictated by cue cards, he’s the rare cast member with some leeway to improvise.

“The health of our democracy depends on the freedom to work with the federal government without having to follow the ideological dictates of those in power.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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