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protege

proh tuh zhay

  • n  a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

  • As a young engineering student in England, Wittgenstein saw the hope of the new mathematical logic, and rushed to Cambridge to become the protege of Bertrand Russell, whose .
  • At the same time, Atwater -- who cut his political teeth as a protege of South Carolina's once segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond -- downplayed his role in devising the crypto .
  • Unlike Dior, Saint Laurent has no protege waiting in the wings.
News & Articles

  • Yeshiva, Bratton Honor Esserman
    Tuesday evening marked the third time the legendary former New York and Boston Police Commissioner William J. Bratton has visited New Haven to celebrate the accomplishments of his protege, New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman.
    June 12, 2013 - New Haven Independent
  • 'The Voice' Reveals Finalists, Adam Levine and Shakira Are Out of Competition
    Amber Carrington and Sasha Allen are the last eliminated singers from the show, leaving Adam and Shakira with no protege in the finals.
    June 12, 2013 - AceShowbiz
  • Radar: Naomi Campbell’s Protégé is Dating Her Ex
    Shouldn’t people already know that you don’t cross Naomi Campbell? Luo Zilin, one of Campbell’s proteges on her reality show The Face , has burned an important bridge by dating Campbell’s ex-boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin. Campbell is said to already be trying to get Zilin fired from her modelling agency. We hope no throwing of cell phones will be involved this time. [ NY Post ] Georgina Chapman ...
    June 10, 2013 - StyleBistro
Quotes

  • Rihanna in Barnoldswick News
    Of Jay-Z's Grammy-winning girlfriend, Rihanna says: "She's Beyonce, and I'm (his) new protege. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not 'friends' friends."
  • Layne Beachley in Sydney Morning Herald
    I think it was a great way to go out,Beachley said. "We all have to lose sometime and to go down to Steph, who I consider my protege and the one I am passing the torch to, is probably the most fitting way."
  • Tim Thomas in SI.com
    To compare him to Cam Neely and Terry O'Reilly is probably putting too much pressure on a young guy,Bruins goalie Tim Thomas said. "But as far as being the classic Bruin protege, he's perfect. He didn't have to come in here and change...

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