To: macamadamia
McKinsey & Company is a global public relations company primarily catering to the Fortune 100.
White shoe firm is a phrase used to describe the leading firms in America, particularly firms that have been in existence for more than a century, are staffed by Ivy League graduates, and represent Fortune 500 companies. It frequently (but not always) refers to law firms, and frequently (but not always) refers to firms in New York City.
To: Stand Watch Listen
Thanks for the white shoe definition. But why white shoe?
52 posted on
11/15/2005 12:18:55 PM PST by
macamadamia
(The great dangerous non-sequitur du jour: oil-independence will stop terrorism.)
To: Stand Watch Listen
White shoe firm is a phrase used to describe the leading firms in America, particularly firms that have been in existence for more than a century, are staffed by Ivy League graduates, and represent Fortune 500 companies. It frequently (but not always) refers to law firms, and frequently (but not always) refers to firms in New York City. In other words a nexus of insufferable prigs who think they run the world.
59 posted on
11/15/2005 12:34:59 PM PST by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Stand Watch Listen
I wonder how much the Clintons paid to get Chelsea her job?
106 posted on
11/15/2005 2:45:28 PM PST by
Canadian Outrage
(All us Western Canadians NEED to SEPARATE from the rest of Canada because we are the ONLY Conservati)
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