Sublime

The third was the ultimate political weapon: Alfred Emanuel Smith.

And Moses made sure that these powers, these powers corporate and politic and, in some respects, greater than both, would be embodied, ultimately, not in the authorities but in him personally.

Like Ickes, Wallace was a nominal Republican; also like Ickes, he was unknown to the president-elect before his appointment.

They had seen him give newspapers leaks—or issue statements—that dredged up for public view and turned into blaring headlines the dark secrets of men’s pasts.