Word: doormate
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...owned the Washington Post, but her husband was given majority control of the paper on the theory that no man should ever work for his wife. When she found the manic-depressive Graham dead of a gunshot wound in the bathroom of their country house in 1963, this "doormat wife" at 46 was thrust into running the company. Men in suits thought they would be able to wrest it from someone so crippled by anxiety that she practiced saying "Merry Christmas" before giving her first staff party...
...often been said that Katharine Graham lived two lives: One as a self-described "doormat wife" and another at the helm of a Fortune 500 publishing giant. It was in her second incarnation that she first came to my attention. As a young woman testing the testosterone-infused waters of news writing, I invoked her name more than once...
...weekend before the Beanpot every year the Crimson will be at home with the Friday night game most likely reserved for Brown, Harvard’s travel partner and the new permanent doormat of the ECAC. While Harvard may have to play Thursday and Friday, there will not be a game on Saturday, meaning the team will get the same two days of rest its opponents will have...
This year, Brown finished dead last with just two wins, two less wins than it had in 2000, when it finished last with four. Since 1985, the average win percentage of the doormat has been...
...Harvard softball team continues its Ivy League season this weekend, taking on unbeaten Cornell (20-11, 6-0 Ivy) and last year's Ivy doormat, Columbia...