old-girl network

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old-girl network (

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An informal, exclusive system of mutual assistance and friendship through which women belonging to a particular group, such as the alumnae of a school, exchange favors and connections, as in politics or business: "Companies rely on an old-girl network whereby representatives use friends as contacts" (New York Times).

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No references found			It leads to an old-boy, old-girl network that sees to it certain big commercial and labor interests always get their way. CAMPAIGN GIFTS KEEP GIVING BACK by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Old-boy and old-girl networks produce bias from the blinders that come with privilege. GETTING IT RIGHT : The ethics of journalism by CALLAHAN, SIDNEY / Commonweal ``The more publicity and the more scrutiny that comes to this, the better, because it's very clear this has been going on for a long time, the absence of African-American supervisors or managers, the sort of institutionalized old-boy, old-girl network,'' said the plaintiffs' attorney, William Bloch. AVH SUIT ALLEGES DISCRIMINATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			Old World least weasel Old World leishmaniasis Old World mistletoe Old World monkey Old World oriole Old World porcupine Old World quail Old World rabbit Old World robin Old World scops owl Old World vulture Old World warbler Old world white pelican Old World yew old-age insurance old-age pension old-age pensioner old-boy network old-established old-fashioned old-fashionedness old-field old-field colt old-field toadflax Old-gentlemanly old-girl network old-hat old-line old-looking old-maid's bonnet old-maidish Old-maidism old-man cactus old-man's-beard old-man-and-woman old-man-of-the-woods old-school tie old-style old-time old-time dance old-timer old-womanish old-world Oldcastle olde olde worlde olde-worlde olden Oldenbarneveldt Oldenburg older			Old-Age Insurance Benefits old-age pension old-age pension old-age pension old-age pension old-age pension old-age pensioner old-age pensioners Old-Age Pensions Old-Age Pensions Old-Age Pensions Old-Age Pensions Old-Age Pensions Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance old-boy network Old-Dog Encephalitis old-established old-fangled old-fashioned old-fashioned Old-Fashioned Double Boiler old-fashionedness old-fashionedness old-field old-field colt Old-field succession Old-field succession old-field toadflax Old-gentlemanly old-girl network old-gold old-growth old-hat old-line Old-line factoring old-liner old-liners old-looking old-maid's bonnet Old-maid's-pink old-maidish old-maidish Old-maidism old-man cactus old-man's-beard old-man's-beard old-man's-beard old-man-and-woman old-man-and-womans old-man-of-the-woods Old-media Old-media old-old old-school Old-School Death Metal old-school tie Old-season lamb Old-Squaw

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