Word: backroom
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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...These people are not operate in a backroom. They have to operate in fishbowl because they have government, alumni, and student's money," he added. "Harvard Management is like the Kingdom of Oz. You don't know what is real and what is unreal...
...past political seasons, there have been moments when it looked as if the structure of traditional two-party politics would finally collapse under the weight of too many 30-second attack ads, too many sound bites, too many backroom handlers, too much voter apathy and too many dispiriting November choices between candidates who inspire more cynicism than commitment. These interludes pass, which is why it is tempting to dismiss the latest manifestations of anti-Establishment sentiment as a short-term aberration. The Connecticut Democratic primary, after all, was highly unrepresentative: the turnout was low, the voters were angry, and local...
Before he lost his job at Citicorp four months ago, Harvey Lewis had been dutifully climbing the corporate ladder for 25 years. He had joined the bank at 18 as a backroom clerk and worked his way up to assistant vice president, picking up his M.B.A. along the way. But his dream of reaching the top ranks ^ was dashed when Citicorp closed his New Jersey mortgage-banking office. "They even offered me a gold watch," says the father of five-year-old twins. "But I wasn't ready to retire." Instead he used part of his $65,000 severance...