gamesman

Communist-led China turned out to be the global economic system’s biggest beneficiary — and perhaps master gamesman — without embracing democratic values.

Critics said “The Gamesman” was engrossing, if perhaps too sweeping in its generalizations.

Dr. Maccoby was first widely known for coining another corporate label, “the gamesman.”

Among presidents, he said, John F. Kennedy was a gamesman, Gerald Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower were company men, and Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon were jungle fighters.

Ever the gamesman, Mr. Lasorda didn’t want the A’s to know that.