So the expense-account dinners seem safe — for now. From Wordnik.com. [Videoconferencing big, big big for Cisco] Reference
My expense-account padding will continue indefinitely. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Olympics: “Hockey Gold” Photo Album - Feschuk on the Famous, Vancouver 2010 - Macleans.ca] Reference
The lazier the politician,the bigger the expense-account. From Wordnik.com. [Labour MP Fined £15000 By Brentford County Court for Being Lazy] Reference
The expense-account questions, she adds, are a red herring. From Wordnik.com. [Corporate Divorce] Reference
"But don't let it bother you -- this is expense-account money.". From Wordnik.com. [The Impossibles] Reference
They must resist the inertia and seductions of the capital, the cozy expense-account dinners. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge Of The Right] Reference
Rostenkowski simply signed an expense-account voucher for stamps that Smith converted into cash. From Wordnik.com. [Rostenkowski Reeling] Reference
But he adds that expense-account abuses are common at Morgan and that his client is being singled out. From Wordnik.com. [Financial Exposure] Reference
OFFICE BOY -- "Between the time he gets your sales-account and the time he gets your expense-account.". From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
She used to take clients out for two-hour expense-account meals at the Capital Grille and Striped Bass. From Wordnik.com. [Little Earthquakes] Reference
Armored personnel carriers guarding K Street, where the city's lobbyists eat in expense-account restaurants. From Wordnik.com. [A New Date Of Infamy] Reference
And like someone ordering an expense-account lunch, it has inclined to be generous with other people ' s money. From Wordnik.com. [Britain] Reference
Beyond potential expense-account squabbles, there are other drawbacks to bringing the family along for the ride. From Wordnik.com. [Work &Amp; Play] Reference
Having learned a hard lesson, Congress declined Washington's expense-account offer and put the president on salary. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
Other NAACP sources are critical of Chavis and Gibson for what they see as cronyism and expense-account junketeering. From Wordnik.com. [Trial By Fire At The Naacp] Reference
But Boulevard, the surviving half of San Francisco's power-lunch royal couple, still packs in suit-wearing, expense-account types. From Wordnik.com. [Boulevard] Reference
His alleged expense-account violations -- there are more than 150 examples -- Morgan says, were "willful and brazenly premeditated.". From Wordnik.com. [Financial Exposure] Reference
In the meantime, just being mentioned as a potential bidder has given renewed street cred to the expense-account crowd at Michael's. From Wordnik.com. [Dogs Go to Heaven; Cindy Adams' Jazzy Had It Here in N.Y.] Reference
Mr. Obama must not think very much of his potential staff; apparently they'll be corrupted by as little as an expense-account steak. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Lunch Money] Reference
In allowing recompense for expense-account abuses, "who's to say something like this wouldn't have happened again in a more serious way?". From Wordnik.com. [Mark Hurd Neglected to Follow H-P Code] Reference
(As a future magazine editor, I should be more wary given that he has campaigned against the tax deductability of expense-account lunches.). From Wordnik.com. [Losing: The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Bruce Handy] Reference
"Living Dead": a Wall Street type with an expense-account attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
In his expense-account we find items like these: "Treating the ladys 2 shillings.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen] Reference
Only news syndicates could stand the expense-account of a field man in Lunar City. From Wordnik.com. [Operation: Outer Space] Reference
To help out the expense-account, he worked at engraving and made designs for a silversmith. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists] Reference
It is also discussing signing on big companies that spend a lot on expense-account dinners. From Wordnik.com. [Bits] Reference
And you certainly don't go loading up at the expense-account buffet on behalf of your family. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker] Reference
At its very top level, a sit-down restaurant allows expense-account lunchers to enjoy the view. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
It is good to see, though, that at that early day the expense-account was made to serve its legitimate use. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers] Reference
There has been progress behind the scenes looking for sensible alternatives to expense-account Keynesianism. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
There are two ways for a traveling-man to make money: one is to sell the goods, and the other is to work the expense-account. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen] Reference
A stricter expense-account policy has been in place for some time, and some magazines have decreased the weight of the paper they use. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
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