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met yer

  • n  an asset of special worth or utility
  • n  an occupation for which you are especially well suited
    in law he found his true metier

  • Such shenanigans also became the metier of spring break's most controversial enthusiast: Joe Francis, the man behind the Girls Gone Wild video series.
  • The metier of a professor is a liberal metier and it remains with each teacher to organize his own system of instruction.
  • Writing SF, he felt like a betrayer of his higher metier like a whore, and one who was underpaid and underappreciated.
News & Articles

  • Success Story: 5 Hints On Achieving A Radical Career Change
    Simon Gudgeon studied law but, in his own words, he graduated, he qualified, he retired – it just wasn’t for him. He didn’t find his true metier as a sculptor until he was 40 years old – and then only by chance. But in the intervening 15 years, he has more than made up for lost time. Gudgeon has showed in London, New York, Chicago, San Diego, Paris and the Netherlands. His sculptures can be ...
    Jan. 30, 2014 - Forbes
Quotes

  • William Weld in CNN
    He can bob, he can weave, he can move around. It's very hard to land a blow on him in a debate,Weld said. "He's what I would call a grand master at the art of changing the subject. That's his chosen metier: the one-liner."

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