NOUN | a revolving door | revolving doors | |
SYNO | revolver | revolving door |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- His mother was an alcoholic with a constant revolving door of male partners.
- The building's main entrance was a single revolving door, which was rendered useless as the crowd stampeded in panic.
- Upon his departure from the Drifters, McPhatter sold his share of the group to the band's manager George Treadwell, a decision that he later came to regret, after realizing that he caused his fellow musicians to experience unprofitability and the group essentially became a revolving-door line-up with recycled members on a ridiculous $100 weekly salary and paid virtually no royalties.
- A revolving door has several wings or leaves, generally four, radiating from a central shaft, forming compartments that rotate about a vertical axis.
- Transparency International received the funding from the "Siemens Integrity Initiative" about a year after the "Initiative" hired former TI staffer Jana Mittermaier, raising questions of a "revolving door" that has benefited both the organization and the company.
- The lobbying industry is affected by the revolving door concept, a movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators and roles in the industries affected by legislation and regulation, as the main asset for a lobbyist is contacts with and influence on government officials.
- In 2014, two Nobel Peace Laureates wrote a letter signed by 100 other human rights activists and scholars criticizing HRW for its revolving-door hiring practices with the U.S.
- In her first year in office, significant instances of turnover in prominent city positions led critics to accuse Byrne of running a "revolving door administration".
- LMF became stabilised with set members instead of having a "revolving door".
- The show has seen a revolving door of judges as well, with recording industry executive Anastasia Brown serving the longest (a three-season stint from 2005–2007).
- Murphy's struggles with parenthood were highlighted, as were the revolving-door of nanny characters mirroring her office tribulations.
- This was eventually done away with, the theme music was changed, and there began a revolving door of foils for Gary, including Patrick Quinn (Billie Worley) and Erica Paget (Kristy Swanson).
- The directorship of the AFL–CIO Organizing Department was a revolving door, organization of new members had not markedly increased and many unions had taken to raiding one another to increase membership.
- Such reversals of fortune and a revolving-door succession of prime ministers continue to characterize Papua New Guinea's national politics.
- In November 2021, in her letter: “SFO’s revolving door works better than a closed shop” published by the Financial Times Osofsky said that they “ advocate for the interchange of personnel.
- After his career in Westminster, Lansley advised corporate clients on healthcare reforms despite David Cameron’s pledge to close the “revolving door” between Whitehall and the private sector.
- All access to the structure interior must be equipped with two sets of doors or revolving door (airlock).
- Further, the firm enjoys a rich revolving door of senior government officials who elect to join or rejoin the firm's partnership following premier roles in United States public service; these officials include Sally Yates, Rod Rosenstein, Zachary T.
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