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...sign of scars from the bureaucratic battles that accompany most climbs up the Roman Curia career ladder. A few years ago, I saw Bertone walking alone on a side street near St. Peter's and went over to say hello and shake his hand. He stopped on a dime when he heard his name, turning toward me with his arms spread open, and practically sang out in his baritone, "Oooh! Carissimo! How's it going!?" And we had never even met before...
...wants to boost mileage, they say, he should just tell his Department of Transportation to do so across the board. "There's a bit of slipperiness here," says John deCicco, an automotive engineer and a senior fellow with Environmental Defense. "He doesn't need Congress to get off the dime on this...
...joining the ranks of Sony or Canon or Toyota, just like Dad did. And why not? If you work hard enough - which is to say, put in 16-hour days for 30 years or so - you too could earn a place among the elite, eating fugu on the company dime. Being a salaryman is good, but being a salarymaster is better. And if you can't be one, the next best thing is to be on their guest list...
...research subjects would be endangered.“When interrogated, I never divulged real names, and instead used the fictive names concocted beforehand,” said Bakshi, who was doing research on political propaganda in the country. Getting to a country like Zimbabwe on Harvard’s dime is one thing. The University only last year loosened restrictions on a number of countries, including Iran, Israel, and Lebanon. But a second hurdle students face is getting approval from the Human Subjects Committee on what they can and can’t ask.“In different parts...
...blink of an eye I’m in New York, buying movies and room service on the network’s dime. I’m wracked with nerves. I can barely sleep...