old-boy network
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Patsy Cline, who died in a plane crash the year before Parton got to town, had recently challenged the industry’s old-boy network, in which women almost never headlined shows.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2017
No other college combines the intimate academic setting and broad curriculum of a LAC with a potent old-boy network.
From Economist • Oct. 29, 2015
He rejected the notion there is an old-boy network among GMs who just hire buddies.
From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2015
In a January white paper, the airline coalition detailed how the old-boy network in the three gulf city-states intertwines government with the airlines.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2015
Intent on improving its leadership, the army began to promote officers on the basis of success in examinations rather than through the old-boy network, and Dreyfus was one of those selected for special training.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010
