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A 1997 book titled The Trouble With Dilbert noted that Adams was hardly, as his reputation suggested, a friend of the worker, frequently supporting mass corporate downsizing and rarely ever criticizing the C-suite structure head-on, content to keep his mockable Pointy-Haired Boss a middle manager at most.
From Slate
Kahn “only very rarely ever interacted with any of Epstein’s accusers” and any letter Kahn provided in support of a woman’s immigration application was provided at the request of the recipient, said Daniel Ruzumna, a lawyer for Kahn.
All three elements are a slam dunk here for Perkins in a way that I have rarely ever seen outside of a legal textbook.
From Slate
And while screenwriting has always been a competitive field, industry veterans attested that the conditions have rarely ever been harsher for young writers.
From Los Angeles Times
The two workers said they had sometimes conducted routine work at the property, but rarely ever saw Hackman and Arakawa.
From BBC
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