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Here, it's the young and well-connected Dr April Latimer, a friend of Quirke's only recently acknowledged daughter Phoebe.

Laura Wilson's crime fiction choice - review Laura Wilson 2010

These handsome oarsmen, heirs to old money, employ him to help create an exclusive site called Harvard Connection, with the less well-connected maths student Divya Narendra (Max Minghella) as their businessman.

The Social Network – review Philip French 2010

Is he a real talent, or a well-connected enthusiast who has almost grabbed the brass ring a few times?

David Hayter to Direct Wolves | /Film 2010

The chance to rub elbows with talented, well-connected classmates is crucial: As much as 50% of E.M.B.A. class work is done in team settings, and most classes are taught in a seminar style where students drive the discussion with insights from their lengthy experience in the business world.

Peer to Peer Joe Walker 2010

The well-connected Micronesian island group of Yap had 43 tools, with a mean of five techno-units per tool, while the remote Santa Cruz group in the Solomon Islands, despite having almost as large a population, had just 24 tools and four techno-units.

Why Some Islanders Build Better Crab Traps Matt Ridley 2010

Those include well-connected Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs that got bailed out and giant corporations like General Electric that shape legislation so they can profit.

Notable & Quotable 2011

Although their popularity puts them on the authorities' radar, it also means that when these well-connected, highly-followed youth are arrested or prosecuted it activates transnational activist networks.

Courtney C. Radsch: Double-Edged Sword: Social Media's Subversive Potential Courtney C. Radsch 2011

The second is equality, which suffers when a privileged class of well-connected insiders use their clout to secure better benefits than everyone else -- at the expense of everyone else.

Tyranny in Wisconsin, part 2 Charles Lane 2011

Although their popularity puts them on the authorities' radar, it also means that when these well-connected, highly-followed youth are arrested or prosecuted it activates transnational activist networks.

Courtney C. Radsch: Double-Edged Sword: Social Media's Subversive Potential Courtney C. Radsch 2011

Perhaps best of all, he was a well-connected member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, even though his sharp practices at two of his elections hardly reflect honorably on "the Father of the Country."

O Captain, Our Captain Andrew Roberts 2010