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...most powerful elected woman politician in the country. If there is such a thing as the woman's vote -- and she thinks there is -- Feinstein does not mind playing to it. "This state could use a little mothering," she tells her female audiences. "I'm dedicated to destroying the old-boy concept of government in California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIANNE FEINSTEIN: Charm Is Only Half Her Story | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...think there is also a current degree of dysfunction in the department in that those who are running the operation are not in touch with the community," says Reeves, who characterizes the department's heirarchy as "something of an old-boy network...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: City Looks to Shake Things up at Police HQ | 4/10/1990 | See Source »

...gender discrimination is pervasive in the business world, and difficult to prove. But does Schkolnick really think that her admission to the Fly Club would be her ticket into the old-boy network? And even if the Fly Club shuts down, will its old boy alumni suddenly abandon their preference for upscale white males...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Complex But Correct. . . | 3/22/1990 | See Source »

...certainly appalled by this blatant discrimination against my gender. But I don't plan to file suit to gain entry to final club parties. The way to defeat final clubs' contribution to the old-boy network is not to attend final clubs, or to join final clubs, or to take them to court...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Complex But Correct. . . | 3/22/1990 | See Source »

...brought to Japan is cross- border merger advice, a field in which the company ranks No. 1. Morgan is also prominent in Europe, where it completed $20.5 billion in cross-border bids last year. Yet Morgan avoids coming on like a Yankee juggernaut, preferring instead to work within the old-boy networks favored by many European executives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Don't Have To Have All of Our Cake Today | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

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