He had an encyclopedic knowledge of commodities, picked up while nosing around the BSE library.
One such, the Carlyle Group, is nosing around the European aerospace industry in search of bargains.
Then there is the daily brown-nosing Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni engage in toward the Egyptians and Saudis.
From Glencairn Crystal glasses (the slightly tapered nosing glasses used by master blenders), hushed drinkers sip their Nikka single malts.
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And since you did not say this to his face, he might actually think you were trying to avoid brown-nosing him!
But chip giant Qualcomm snapped up a lot of high-profile assignments and newcomers like Nvidia started nosing into the phone market.
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Dufresne explains that if people start nosing around the financial records and facts, the warden can simply point to the nonexistent culprit.
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And it seems, also in the brown-nosing domain, practice makes perfect.
Silverio Sandolo backs the Sparviero out into clear water and sends the boat nosing past the sleeping mega-cruisers, trim yachts and other fishing boats not making the dawn run.
"She was nosing it away in a particular direction, then suddenly she threw the infant right up into the air, and then did this about three times, " he explained.
One is that the American-led teams that have been nosing around Iraq haven't done a very good job, perhaps because they lack the expertise of the specialists led by Mr Blix.
McLaren, who plan to unveil a massive upgrade package next month, are already perceived to be nosing ahead of rivals Ferrari, who still have work to do on the new F60.
Further, last year Willey called Nancy Hernreich, director of Oval Office Operations, to warn the White House that Isikoff was nosing around, but she assured Hernreich that she had nothing to divulge.
But frustrated Mets fans can take heart in this: Their beloved Mr. Met has returned the favor by nosing out the Phillie Phanatic atop our annual list of America's Top Sports Mascots.
When the practice of managing up gets confused with promotion of self-interest, brown-nosing, manipulation, the gymnastics of corporate climbing, or other mind games, a good theory rapidly becomes twisted resulting in a false and dangerous reality.
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