ward heeler
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ward heel·er
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n. inf., chiefly derog.
a person who assists in a political campaign by canvassing votes for a party and performing menial tasks for its leaders.
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IRS issues warning to 501(c)(3)s.(Headlines)(Internal Revenue Service)(Section 501(c)(3) tax code)(participation in political campaigns)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Association Management; 6/1/2004; 145 words
; ...comply with requirements concerning political campaign activities. That was the recent warning...participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to...non-partisan criteria violate the political campaign prohibition of section 501(c)(3...
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Corporate politicking: applying political campaign techniques to employee communication programs.
Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Applying political campaign techniques to employee communications programs This was no political campaign, though it may have looked like...corporate headquarters. This was no political campaign, and the candidate was not running...
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Campaign Craft: The Strategies, Tactics, and Art of Political Campaign Management, 3d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2006; 178 words
; 0275989038 Campaign craft; the strategies, tactics, and art of political campaign managemen, 3d ed. Shea, Daniel M. and Michael John Burton...grass roots. They close with commentary on the future of political campaign organization. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland...
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Political campaign intervention: IRS clarifies rules on what 501(c)(3) organizations can do.(TAXING ISSUES)
Magazine article from: The Non-profit Times; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to...attempting to clarify the lines between political campaign intervention and appropriate exempt...documents that highlight the rules on political campaign intervention as we enter the 2008...
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Archbishop questions costs of political campaign. (Nation).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 12/14/2001; ; 262 words
; ...ethical questions. The questions include: At what point does political campaign spending become excessive, and does the need to have money...from the immense amount of money it takes to finance a political campaign and political advertising, the archbishop said. Naturally...
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Should security hit the campaign trail? A political campaign can be used as an effective model for chief security officers to garner support for corporate security policies.(Viewpoint)(Column)
Magazine article from: Security Management; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...good time to consider what lessons a political campaign may hold for security professionals...importance of being organized. A typical political campaign organization has several major teams...campaign theme. In the early stages of a political campaign, candidates spend time in ...
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IRS updates church guidelines on politicking.(WEALTH AND RESPONSIBILITY)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 3/10/2006; ; 486 words
; ...Service has updated guidelines on political campaign intervention by nonprofits after...campaign, Church O's actions constitute political campaign intervention, the IRS said. The IRS...election, the church has intervened in a political campaign. The investigation was based on ...
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New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2006; 143 words
; ...Hardcover Communication, society, and politics JK2281 The political campaign is one of the most important and least understood organizations...election cycles, from 1996 to 2004. In that time the typical political campaign has adopted digital technologies that improve reach and...
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Political campaign communication; principles and practices, 6th ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2007; 209 words
; 9780742553033 Political campaign communication; principles and practices, 6th ed. Trent...addresses, news conferences, and other recurring forms of political campaign communication; debates; interpersonal communication in...
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Communication in political campaigns.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2007; 177 words
; ...communication, Wayne State U.) begins this analysis of political campaign communications by defending the importance of the topic...candidates must distinguish themselves from opponents through political campaign messages that establish candidate preferability through...
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Iceman Cometh, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...x2010;out, besotted regulars live on their booze and their dreams. Besides Harry ( Dudley Digges ), a former Tammany ward heeler, the regulars include Harvard‐trained lawyer Willie Oban ( E. G. Marshall ), Boer War general Piet Wetjoen...
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Public Opinion
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...centuries, less formal means were also employed, including the use of informed observers (notables, public figures, ward heelers in urban political machines), “straw polls” dating from as early as the 1820s, through the first systematic...
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