Careerists

One of the unfortunate tendencies around this neck of the woods has been for long-term careerists, like U S Representative Paul Kanjorski (D-PA 11th), to linger and grow old and do nothing helpful, for decades. ❋ Unknown (2008)

My worst fears are that the Vatican side of these discussions will be staffed by incompetent careerists, which is exactly what I see happening. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead, he prefers to call the men who reinstated Communist rule after Soviet troops crushed the rebellion "careerists," in the service of what he calls "a Russian empire." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Motlanthe acknowledged that there were problems at the branch level of the movement and these problems included dealing with "careerists" and ensuring that branch members were actively involved in the work of the party. ❋ Unknown (2007)

African National Congress "careerists" were targeted by ❋ Unknown (2002)

So, let’s see, the problem has never been the FISA Court nor the field agents, but the attitude ofSmit’s supervisorsin DC NOTE: I originally said "careerists" here to indicate the supervisors, but that was inartful. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They were careerists before women could vote, anti-lynching, civil rights crusaders and near-fanatics about education. ❋ Lonnae O'Neal Parker (2010)

Washington is a city of middle-aged careerists like me, proper and dignified and all business. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Side by side, the political appointees just looked like a much smarter bunch than the careerists. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Though ignored by academic careerists, Toynbee is still read by those whose intellectual horizons extend beyond present fashions. ❋ M_francis (2009)

What if Samit had decided that it was his higher duty as a public servant to do all possible to protect his fellow citizens, and that, thwarted as he was by careerists in Washington, he could only accomplish this by going public. ❋ Coleen Rowley (2010)

But then he didn't rely solely on the word of liars, sycophants, and cringing careerists for his research. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The 5,500-square-foot commercial kitchen is a refuge for unemployed New Yorkers who want to start their own businesses, a laboratory for the ones who have jobs but would love to change gears, and a paradise for "slash careerists" - people who want to combine more than one career. ❋ The Huffington Post (2011)

Vault's industry and career experts put their heads together and identified a number of key trends that will affect careerists over both the short and medium term. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Many Soviet officers were careerists who cared little for their soldiers' lives, Mr. Braithwaite says, but others wrestled with the problem of following orders in an unwinnable war while protecting as best they could the young men entrusted to them. ❋ Brian M. Downing (2011)

Others are in most cases mere careerists, opportunists or even parasites. ❋ Tihomir Kukolja (2011)

There are self-serving careerists and incompetent wanna-be's in the aid-biz, the same as any other industry. ❋ MP Nunan (2011)