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Nor was there much on offer for the policy wonk.

This is not a technical matter, of interest only to policy wonks.

It might seem like a conversation between financial policy wonks, but something else was at work.

But over all, his project looks like that of an academic theory wonk.

But the Clinton plan was devised by a small army of policy wonks.

Even writers and wonks are supposed to stay on message.

"He got in trouble he's had so much fun being a wonk."

The result is a sort of triangulation for policy wonks.

The patent system is not a toy for policy wonks.

The wonks call each other and whistle over the revelations.

Sports is filled with statistical wonks who can work it out.

I think he was some sort of university wonk.

The policy wonk in Clinton loves to test and compare such plans.

To be seen primarily as a wonk is fatal to a candidate today.

The simple act of writing "wonk" right here makes me wince.

For Wolf has never been a wonk or an ideologue.

He was an intelligence wonk, something to do with Armor."

Sometimes we policy wonks get lost in our own verbiage."

"I'm just a corporate wonk going around getting set up with Microsoft, and it works great for me.

His reputation in Washington has been that of a technology and public-policy wonk.

But can the wonks stay above the political fray?

"He could definitely pick every issue in this bill and mix it up with the most intense policy wonk."

President Clinton is a legendary policy wonk who set his administration's goals and knew the intimate details of programs.

Judging from these pieces, Reagan was more of a policy wonk than a culture warrior.

Does she mind being called a policy wonk?