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Origin of careerist
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“Tim just is all about Tim,” said Penelope Trunk, the author of “The Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success,” who often writes about work at Blog.penelopetrunk.com.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2011
She pokes, prods and inspires a generation of new professionals who read her syndicated career advice column, her Brazen Careerist blog and her book of the same name.
From Inc • Feb. 25, 2011
To the Polish Government in London went suave Careerist Arthur Bliss Lane, 50, an appointment which should put Polish-Americans in a good election-year mood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Groans one Western corporation chief about the choice of Careerist Paul Dixon to head the Federal Trade Commission: "Kennedy appointed a career prosecutor to the job of judging the cases."
From Time Magazine Archive
He meant that America is the land of the Careerist or, as it has also been put, it is the land of the man on the make.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
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