Sentences with phrase «through nepotism»

«It was an exercise in how to properly curate an exhibition, which is through nepotism,» said Smith, who was standing next to one of his sculptures, a kind of hulking fertility goddess made out of stained plywood.

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Hitherto the regime of Chairman Paul Afoko, representatives to the National Council was done through appointment where surrogates of Akufo - Addo dominated it via means of nepotism.

Coming through very strongly in the comments on Jac's article is the message about the electorate (particularly Labour supporters) being sick to death of the old ways, the nepotism, jobs for the boys, Westminster elite, professional politician types.

Instead, each of the panel members talked about how we found our own careers through serendipitous meetings, friends - of - friends, and good old blatant nepotism.

I have a hunch, though, that some kind of screening process will evolve among book reviewers, perhaps around some version of nepotism / networking — either where outlets within certain «elite» lit communities will begin reviewing talented self - published people who are also connected with the same communities — or sufficient numbers of intrepid bloggers will have the tenacity to weed through the jungle and sniff out the good stuff to review, creating a critical mass of well - reviewed, non-tradionally published authors.

Clerk posts are no longer handed down from father to son through generations ad infinitum but there is still a whiff of nepotism in the air, albeit practised strictly within legal limits.

While it is recognised that an election process gives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples a chance to have their say (through voting) not all people are keen on the electoral process as it hasn't always worked in the past and has encouraged nepotism