Serving as field marshals for large - scale policy change is the proper role of advocates, whose interests do not always coincide with those of entrepreneurs. (educationnext.org)
The positions once occupied by paid campaign operatives known as field marshals, who previously managed volunteers across the state, are now held by volunteers because the party can not afford to pay the workers. (nytimes.com)
To paraphrase a German field marshal, «no battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy.» (emlovz.com)