Word: staffers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very dim view on politicians prior to working with him," said Kenny Emmanuel, a Duehay staffer at City Hall...
...great! Except there was this one really weird staffer who kept on talking to me and acting like she was my age. It was really annoying...
...single incorrect figure about revenue growth, the result of a minor mathematical error. ("Banking is like that--we're detail, detail, detail oriented," Shemmer explains. "No spelling errors, no errors in numbers. It has to look professional.") Shemmer dials the boss on speakerphone. "Dino, babe," says the senior staffer caustically. Without a beat, Shemmer explains the error and tells him it's been corrected. "I apologize for the oversight," he says. (The lesson seems to be, never mention a problem to your boss without fixing it first.) The edgy reply: "Good. Don't do it again...
...diplomatic official it "caught red-handed" trying to acquire military secrets. The incident follows the arrest earlier this month by the U.S. military of a Navy code-breaker, Petty Officer First Class Daniel King, 40, who faces charges of passing secrets to Russia. The Russians detained a junior embassy staffer identified by Interfax as Cheri Leberknight, a second secretary of the U.S. embassy's military-political department, and accused her of working for the CIA to procure state secrets. She was later released, and Russia's Foreign Minister Igar Ivanov said he hoped the case would not harm relations with...
...They say 'that's your job -- you have to do it.' What are we paying dues for?" says one staffer...