"operation" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "In Harlem, they wanted to turn it into a political patronage operation," Mr. Koch said.
- The Republicans promised excellent services and delivered, largely thanks to a patronage operation that got out the vote for elections.
- Over the years, the state athletic commission has been criticized as a political patronage operation.
- Several feel they should not be paid - on the theory that with paid members the board takes on the aura of a patronage operation.
- Some witnesses called it a patronage operation for politically connected job applicants.
- News leaks in advance of hearings on Mayor Edward Koch's patronage operation suggested an inappropriate political agenda.
- "But I did not want to have - nor did I have -a patronage operation."
- "It's a well-functioning patronage operation," said one former director who had been appointed by Mr. Giuliani.
- They included kickbacks and extortion in the Parking Violations Bureau and a broad patronage operation that had been billed as a "talent bank" to recruit minority laborers.
- "I did not want to have - nor did I have - a patronage operation," the Mayor said.
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