Word: old-boy
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...slightly disarming to hear a Harvard dean talk in such earnest, self-critical terms, saying, for example. "We've got to stop relying on anecdotal information passed on through old-boy stories" when trying to understand current student problems. But such words--and substantive action like yesterday's conference--ought to provide encouragement...
...reactions to students concerns were often-impractical because they were suited for different, more turbulent times. "We tend to react to students in a defensive or confrontational manner when the environment has completely changed, "Epps said, "We've got to stop relying on anecdotal information passed on through the old-boy stories...
...host, Mayor Thomas Bradley, refused to attend. Suddenly the club seemed rather too exclusive even for Philip's gentle blood. Being a proper guest, he deigned not to go where his host would or perhaps could not. Jolly good no-show, especially for a member of such all-boy, old-boy bastions as White's club in London...
...extent, Western intelligence had been compromised. It was clear, however, that Washington's patience was wearing thin. British spy scandals have been a Western burden since the days of Kim Philby and his fellow double agents, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, all Cambridge graduates and members of the old-boy network, who were unmasked as Soviet agents. U.S. spymasters say that they have tried ever since to persuade their British counterparts to tighten security, but with only limited success. "The British are very good at gathering and analyzing information," says one intelligence expert. But, he notes, "they...
...captains and majors had become increasingly bitter over the corruption of the Lucas García regime, and wanted to clean up the country's human rights image in order to obtain U.S. military aid. They therefore called for fair elections and an end to el continuismo, the old-boy network of senior military officers that has ruled the country for the past 27 years. Instead, the March 7 balloting was marred by numerous irregularities, charges of fraud and the victory of yet another general over three civilian candidates...