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• s  connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position
  a well-connected Edinburgh family

• So late last month, bin Laden summoned Rahimullah Yusufzai, a well-connected journalist who reports for Pakistan's The News, as well as PTI and ABC News, to his tented encampment .
• And last but not least, there will also be thousands of applications from well-connected lobbyists, all of whom are connected with multi-national technology firms, and all of whom .
• Few observers thought the appeal to Rome by Rauch, an Episcopalian, had a chance against the well-connected Kennedy.

News & Articles

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• Lawyer agrees to help E. Montpelier man in dispute with Vt. gov
  A well-connected lawyer with Republican ties has stepped up to help a low-income man resolve his land dispute with his neighbor, Gov. Peter Shumlin. Charlotte attorney Brady Toensing, a partner in a Washington, DC law firm, said it became clear that Jerry Dodge of East Montpelier "needed some help, and we welcome the opportunity to assist a fellow Vermonter." Toensing once represented former ...
  June 11, 2013 - WPTZ Burlington
• Winning in the Luxury Market: Do You Have What It Takes?
  The highest end of the luxury real estate market has long been the domain of a very few, well-connected brokers. However, now that the wealthiest buyers are out and looking again, some mainstream real estate firms hope to make $3 million-plus transactions a bigger part of their business. Top brokers agree that success at the [...]
  June 10, 2013 - RISMedia Real Estate News
• Tajikistan Getting Helicopters From India; Kyrgyzstan Air Defense From China
  India will give two military transportation helicopters to Tajikistan when its defense minister visits Dushanbe in July, Indian press is reporting. During his visit next month, A K Antony also will inaugurate a military hospital in Farkhor in southern Tajikistan, according to a report from the Press Trust of India . I asked a well-connected Indian defense journalist about this and he said his ...
  June 10, 2013 - EurasiaNet

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in FOXNews
  The system we have now might work for the powerful and well-connected interests that have run Washington for far too long,Obama said in his weekly radio and video address. "But I don't. I work for the American people."
• Joe Biden in FOXNews
  Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, said McCain was "launching a low blow a day" and went on to say he stands "with George Bush firmly in the corner of the wealthy and well-connected."
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Chicago Sun-Times
  Help us reach our common purpose,Clinton said at a rally within the Hispanic community. "The common purpose of America is progress, not just for the wealthy and the well-connected, but everyone. Every single person deserves a shot at the...