Get the confidence of the public and you will have no difficulty in getting their patronage. From LearnThat.org. [H. Gordon Selfridge]
Even before noon there was a considerable patronage. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Naming an African-American AG and giving a few women cabinet positions is not what I call a patronage plan. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice] Reference
I think patronage is wrong -- I agree with the maximalists here. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: November 27, 2005 - December 3, 2005 Archives] Reference
Is it about the growing complexity of government or just plain patronage?. From Wordnik.com. [ICT] Reference
Ministers of the Crown will tell you that patronage is an intolerable nuisance. From Wordnik.com. [Civil Service Reform in Canada] Reference
Accepting a system where billions of dollars disappear in patronage jobs is rationalizing theft from children. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Bowdon: What Can't be Said Today] Reference
The first step on that road is prying the existing airport and its patronage from the hands of the Political Class. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
In Canada patronage is still an incubus upon members of Parliament, although apparently they are desirous that the system should be continued. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in Parliamentary Institutions] Reference
Services are very inexpensive and appreciation for your patronage is shown with a smile, a simultaneous head nod, crested with the cupping of the hands to their lips. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico compared to what?] Reference
Chris Christie seized control of a sewerage authority that he described as a patronage pit, suspending six commissioners without pay and demanding their resignations. From Wordnik.com. [Christie Seizes Control of Passaic Valley Authority] Reference
After his death, his friend Thomas Inskip published an anecdote that is tellingly revealing about the changes in patronage relationships and their effect on Bloomfield. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction: Tim Fulford] Reference
His patronage was a prize to any artist, not just a living. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
It's called patronage, and in return, politicos got support. From Wordnik.com. Reference
For Wu, the patronage is the equivalent of winning the lottery - over and over again. From Wordnik.com. [The First Post: Latest] Reference
These disappointments of her patronage were a sharp retort, and made me feel independent. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
They were to hold their offices for five years, after which term the patronage was to revert to the Court of. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12)] Reference
"They were elected on the notion of patronage - it was on the basis of how deep one's pockets were," he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The managers of the contest have that greatest possible facility in using what I may call patronage -- bribery. From Wordnik.com. [The English Constitution] Reference
The press is founded on what he calls neo-patronage, which is basically me and you supporting the artist directly as we see fit. From Wordnik.com. [An Unfathomable Cavalcade of Riches « Whatever] Reference
'On New Year's Day I had begun to be bothered about what was called my patronage at the Local Government Board, which was considerable. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1] Reference
With Drew he had made his first real bid for what was known in those days as "the carriage trade" -- that is, the patronage of the socially elect. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Frohman: Manager and Man] Reference
Enormous sums are spent annually by this country in what is called patronage of art, but in what is for the most part merely buying what strikes our fancies. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853] Reference
As always, your patronage is appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [I'm still kind of bogged down...] Reference
But when you spoke of 'patronage' ---- That is a current term of certain import along the railroad. ". From Wordnik.com. [Desert Dust] Reference
'patronage' - as it should be - or about whether or not Mike Duffy's appointment is a breach of ethics, I found something else curious. From Wordnik.com. [Liblogs.ca latest blog entries] Reference
Politicians pander in patronage mills. From Wordnik.com. [Wonk Room » Bloomberg: Schools Can’t Be ‘Patronage Mills’ Or ‘Run For The Benefit Of The People Who Work In Them’] Reference
In our state, patronage is the name of the game. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Federal Workforce and Our Economic Future] Reference
It could be arrogance -- the belief that this kind of patronage can continue without penalty. From Wordnik.com. [Peace, order and good government, eh?: July 2005 Archives] Reference
Because he used the word "patronage," however, the history revisionists imply that he meant financial aid. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Rodda: It's Back -- Randy Forbes Reintroduces His Religious Heritage Week Resolution] Reference
The formation of vigilante groups for whatever reason was not going to receive any "patronage" from the department. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But these guys are giving Aaron and I paying gigs making cartoons and that kind of patronage deserves to be supported. From Wordnik.com. [PvPonline » Archive » Ding is live!] Reference
Or will they revert to the traditional practice of regarding education as a kind of patronage or public jobs program for adults?. From Wordnik.com. [Will Marshall: A Discouraging Vote on School Reform] Reference
This kind of patronage which characterizes the media landscape, skews and distorts the democratic process and debate to a large extent. From Wordnik.com. [ANC WCAPE SUBMISSION TO SABC ON DRAFT EDITORIAL POLICY] Reference
Theres nothing wrong with having "patronage" and "copyright" work side by side, but in this case most producers would opt for copyright. From Wordnik.com. [What Should Classical Liberals Do?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
And as for all the "patronage" of all the clowns and boors. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 02: Additional Poems (1837-1848)] Reference
In the dispensation of "patronage" there was a display of shameless nepotism. From Wordnik.com. [Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis] Reference
It was a worthy and honorable kind of patronage, and bestowed only as the great abilities of the recipient vindicated his claim to it. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches and Studies] Reference
This is the kind of patronage of us that passes, I believe, among her more particular intimates, for "so sweet" of her; it being of course. From Wordnik.com. [The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors] Reference
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