business

• My clerk, I at that time employed but one, had done his best, but as my business was a personal one, my presence was necessary to its success. —  The Romance and Tragedy
• The world of business is a veritable jungle of cutthroat competition, a school of hard knocks, and a dog-eat-dog world of backbiting, backstabbing, and hatchet jobs. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4
• The pip-pip! business is actually his natural mode of speech, and for the life of him he can't understand why the other two use it and find it humorous. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 2
• An office with which I have occasion to do business is at 123 Elm Street, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and I cannot help feeling that Freddie lurks there, ready to strike down the unwary. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 2
• Closely following this glance at the Licensers and their business is a description of the true Author and his business, and of the indignities and discomforts put upon him by the Licensing system: — “When a man writes to the world, he summons up all his reason and deliberation to assist him; he searches, meditates, is industrious, and likely consults and confers with his judicious friends: after all which done he takes himself to be informed in what he writes, as well as any that writ before him. —  The Life of John Milton

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