He would advance his agenda relentlessly, but gingerly, staking out broad principles then delegating to others the real bargaining and the near-final terms.

This made it very important for community organizing in order to collectively advance their agenda.

In existing tenant laws they found possibilities to advance their agenda of agrarian reform.

For every study advancing the agenda of its sponsor there are numerous invaluable contributions to the literature enabled by private finance.

Among former colleagues, however, he has a reputation as a highly effective bureaucratic tactician, capable of advancing his agenda while outsmarting opponents.