wire-puller
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Most active wire-puller against Lewis was foxy Daniel J. Tobin, head of the Federation's biggest union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen & Helpers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chief wire-puller in this affair was Maslova, presenting the phenomenon of decadence in its lowest form.
From Resurrection by Maude, Louise Shanks
Forney was a mighty wire-puller, if not exactly before the Lord, at least before the elections, and he opined that I had secured the success.
From Memoirs by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Francis Place was the wire-puller, to whose energy was due the abolition of the Conspiracy Laws in 1824.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
If he had been a political wire-puller, many of our misfortunes might have been averted.
From Vanished Arizona by Summerhayes, Martha
