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In addition to being an opportunity to serve your country, volunteering is also a chance to build a resume and possibly find a good door-opener into a government agency.
Volunteer opportunities in government can help build resumes, open doors Derrick T. Dortch 2011
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It has also been mischaracterized as a private school, or as a door-opener for public-funded vouchers to pay for private schools.
Lanny Davis: Charter Schools - The True Purple Solution to Public Education Lanny Davis 2011
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Bankers see Prada as a door-opener for the luxury-goods sector, legitimizing Hong Kong as a venue to raise capital for an industry focused on selling its European heritage to Asian consumers.
Hong Kong IPOs Dent Shanghai's Global Ambitions Peter Stein 2011
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Before departing Berlin, Roesler who had previously advocated an "orderly bankruptcy" for Athens, said he hoped the visit would "act as a door-opener, so that personal contacts can be made." "in the spirit of solidarity, it is the task of all Europeans to help Greece get back on its feet economically" he told the German broadcaster ZDF.
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It has also been mischaracterized as a private school, or as a door-opener for public-funded vouchers to pay for private schools.
Lanny Davis: Charter Schools - The True Purple Solution to Public Education Lanny Davis 2011
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The retailer has been taking steps to improve its U.S. operations, with its high-profile move to open a second store in Chicago seen as a potential door-opener to other urban markets.
Wal-Mart Picks New Finance Chief John Kell 2010
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Puerto is the next door-opener for Hillary Clinton.
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The fire alarm in the door-opener bar had been dismantled-just as Jamie Turner had done to escape from St. Francis Academy.
Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010
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Wal-Mart is taking steps to improve U.S. operations, with its high-profile move to open a second store in Chicago seen as a potential door-opener to other urban markets.
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I lift the receiver again, try the door-opener button, and find it isn't working.
The Intercom 2009
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