Sentence:  "That's peanuts. I'm talking about real money," replied [Senator] Ted [Kennedy], who in fact had no idea how much the developer would pay, as that detail had yet to be worked out. / "What are your other main reasons?" Liedell asked, persisting with the old <WSD>silverback</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A dominant older human male.