Word: doored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...maiden campaign speech on education the other day in Los Angeles, you'd think the Texas Governor had proposed something radical. "Dangerous," declared Education Secretary Richard Riley. "Risky," cried Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Al Gore seemed downright mad: "Bush wants to slam the door" on public schools, the Veep said, with a "back-door voucher plan...
...definitely got my foot in the door at Microsoft," he writes in an e-mail message. "I'm pretty sure it wasn't having a one-day towel boy item on my resume that aroused Steve Ballmer's interest...
...suspect that [the Harvard connection] helped, but I like to think the quality of our work allowed us to get through the door," Oakley says...
...there are limits to this network's power, alumni say. It helps when you're asking for advice from other graduates or just trying to get your foot in the door...
North Korea can come in from the cold, but Pyongyang will have to check its missiles at the door. President Clinton on Friday lifted a series of economic sanctions against North Korea that had been in place since 1953, in response to Pyongyang?s undertaking to refrain from missile testing. The announcement will allow trade in consumer goods between the U.S. and North Korea and investment by American firms in the country?s torpid economy. But don?t expect to see your local deli carrying North Korean kimchee any time soon ? prospects for trade may be somewhat limited...