Sentences with phrase «old boys network»

The good old boys network kicked in to protect their own.

She will never run, because the good old boy network has told her not too.

When he realizes he has been set up to be the scapegoat in a case of fraud and embezzlement, he goes to the only lawyer who isn't part of the good old boy network in town — Amanda.

Running a club with over 70 playing members and a large hundreds - strong Old Boys network means partnership with OURLFC is a remarkable opportunity.

In Finland, «old boys networks provide fertile ground for corruption to grow» and it is argued that revolving doors that take politicians and business people into each other's spheres needs to be addressed.

In the spirit of this gung - ho tale about a militarist old boys network, three reviewers sit down for a chat about The Expendables 2.

While you should never become a shrinking violet, throwing your weight around will rarely score you points with a new crowd, whether or not a good old boy network truly exists.

In the future, the next generation will be able to recognize and support small scale tech entrepreneurship and to see the innovation beyond the flashy marketing and good old boy networks with a hidden agenda.

«The good old boys network of career political parasites has awakened the sleeping giant of Middle America who have had enough of Washington's elitist rule.

It may come as a surprise to non-scientists, but science itself is about as «old boy network» as it comes.

Women who infiltrate the old boys network must often weigh a set of questions that would never occur to their male counterparts: How do I respond to that suggestive remark?

In conclusion, «they bring more objectivity to a process that has, in the past, been dominated by «old boy networks.»

How much longer will the British public tolerate domination by the «Old Boys Network»?

People who say that charities are great and wonderful are just repeating the propaganda of the upper 1 %, they only perpetuate it because they can get a tax write off for their donation and the charities are all run by the old boys network / cronyism / nepotism.

The reasoning behind the second half of the option is pretty straightforward: «In case you forgot, you had better get the go - ahead from the old boy network» (and as for who the old boys are, look them up under «peer review» or on the list of those who have published on the subject) Naysaying here is not just a matter of going to your own board of deacons; you want to make sure somebody else's board has already approved the idea.

He can not buy up the shares from anyone else as Kroenkw has made the place a fortress against Usmanov the old boys network which is full effect at the club has united against Usmanov down to several factors, 1) they don't want to sell as that brings to an end their continued source of revenue as opposed to a one off payment hoiwver large it may be.

The old boys network is too comfortable where they are at to sell to Usmanov for anything other than a ludicrously over priced amount.

Minutes before the Budget I spoke to a Tory backbencher telling me about the problem her party had with the «old boys network» image problem.

The voters have a right to hear what the different candidates offer rather than conspiring to limit the election to the old boys network,» Jones said.

But as the Governor who promised to root out corruption, Andrew Cuomo has to answer for a culture of secrecy and corruption, an Old Boys Network that has gotten worse, not better, since he took office.

Fascinating insight into the good old boys networks and the political dramas, and the mistresses, and the drug use... everything including the technical.

«Voters are watching closely and are no longer going to let the old boy network run Gardiner unimpeded.»

Cuomo's late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, was a big supporter of the idea of constitutional conventions and in 1997 rejected fears it would be controlled by the old boys network.

In public he would attack enemies like the «old boy network» and the «elitism» of Oxbridge while in private promising to be a more traditional Labour prime minister once he took over.

As a young conservative, it makes me sick that the older ones in power seem to hold onto the old boy network.

Why would we go back to the old boy network?»

One key barrier to application seemed to be the university's continuing image as a white, male institution, and appointments, particularly for more senior posts, were assumed to be based on an «old boys network», rather than on merit.

They bring more objectivity to a process that has, in the past, been dominated by «old boy networks».

Attack helicopters get into the act and so do satellites and an old boy network of intelligence agents.

Unlike the BBC's adaptation of John le Carré's novel in 1978, this is a period piece bringing to life a very specific class of characters: the Old Boys Network; men from the right universities or families.

The problem is that academic achievement is no guarantee of career success when it comes to one's chosen profession, given the existence of the «Old Boy Network» which continues to frustrate the aspirations of so many endeavoring to climb the corporate ladder.

The SAT was first used to open the doors of elite institutions to certain middle - class and poor children who wouldn't have gotten in under the system that favored the old boy network.

There has been an Education Elite created to replace the Local Authority Most of the regional directors recruiting from their Old Boys Network They all know each other and seem to be totally in each others pockets Harsh but true.

Also, I think the currently exploding market for those who ARE producing good work shows that the gatekeepers were more a good old boys network than a vehicle for quality writing.

The importance of family history, «the old boy network» and the transition of Charlotte from large city to medium metropolis are depicted with truth and historical honesty.

You may think (as I did) that this means, simply, that new authors and fresh voices in fiction are effectively locked out due to the «old boy network» that has always dominated publishing.

Earlier this year The Guardian, bastion of the Old Boys Network started their own self - published book of the month competition.

Frustrated with the impervious glass ceiling and nepotistic Soviet policies based on «old boy networks,» the pair went independent, establishing the Desht - i - Art Center in 1999.

a fine example of curating a contemporary art exhibit with historical roots that does not weigh in heavy on the old boy network.

«Labour has often castigated the old boy network, the public school tie and so on, but they have a similar network.

Yes, it does, if their jerkiness relates to how they do research, handle and share data, and manipulate the old boy network to suppress dissent.

Mentally giving up or outright accusing other attorneys or judges for having a good old boys network will most certianly do nothing but harm your interests.

Good old boy networks and the legal profession have been tied together in popular culture, most memorably in my mind with Boss Hogg and the Dukes of Hazard.

When you're up against a good old boy network, your best tactic is to do your homework.