Word: old-boy
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...usually trumpeted as the supreme good which affirmative action undermines, while in reality, anyone can name a thousand and one instances in which factors other than merit were taken into acount in, for example, getting a job. There are too many people who get jobs through parents, friends, "old-boy" networks, or the workings of a political patronage system. Each example belies the notion that affirmative action tampers with cherished, purely "meritocratic" ideals. At Harvard, students and admissions officers have openly admitted that it helps one's admissions chances to be the child of an alumnus. But none of this...
...Hairston turned to the court of public opinion. He began by enlisting a new "old-boy network" of black journalists. As a result, a black reporter on the Dallas Times Herald went to the city editor, who assigned the story to Susan Milstein, then on the paper's courthouse beat. At first she was leery: "People call all the time saying, 'My brother is in jail and it's a case of mistaken identity.' " But she quickly became intrigued: "I could not understand why all of these middle-aged white engineers were so upset. They were...
However, the bulk of the applicants have to rely on personal initiative, a guidance counselor, or local alumni, for the Harvard old-boy network is used not only to raise money but also to encourage constant alumni contact with possible candidates. Depending on the size and budget of each alumni association, the grads host different events for applicants ranging from fancy luncheons to phone calls in places where the nearest alumnus might be 100 miles away, says William Fitzsimmons '67, director of admissions...
...equally cut off from the social circles that revolve around every company. Even those who would like to fraternize with fellow workers away from the office complain that they are seldom included. That hurts their day-to-day relations with peers and subordinates, and keeps them out of the old-boy network so useful to the careers of whites...
American slang is fed by many tributaries. Feminists are busy networking-the liberated version of using the old-boy network. Cops, as sardonic with language as criminals are, refer to a gunshot wound in the head as a serious headache. Drug users have their codes, but they seem to have lost some of their glamour. Certain drugs have a fatality about them that cannot be concealed in jaunty language. The comedian Richard Pryor introduced the outer world to freebasing a couple of years ago, and John Belushi died after he speed-balled (mixed heroin and cocaine). Punk language has made...