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  • noun Plural form of protege.

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  • I want the media to ask tough questions (for example, “President-elect Obama, why are you employing Rubin proteges on your economic team given that Rubin is at least partially responsible for Citigroup’s collapse?), but please don’t pretend like persisting in asking Obama about the Blagojevich scandal is “tough.”

    Obama News Conference: More on Cabinet, Less on Blagojevich - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The president needs to face the fact that there aren't a lot of creative new ideas coming from the financial macroeconomists and Rubin proteges.

    Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010

  • The president needs to face the fact that there aren't a lot of creative new ideas coming from the financial macroeconomists and Rubin proteges.

    Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010

  • The president needs to face the fact that there aren't a lot of creative new ideas coming from the financial macroeconomists and Rubin proteges.

    Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010

  • The president needs to face the fact that there aren't a lot of creative new ideas coming from the financial macroeconomists and Rubin proteges.

    Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010

  • The president needs to face the fact that there aren't a lot of creative new ideas coming from the financial macroeconomists and Rubin proteges.

    Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010

  • Amongst his proteges were the late ANC/SACP leader Chris Hani and Deputy President Thabo Mbeki and many others.

    CREMATION OF PROF JACK SIMONS 1995

  • Amongst his proteges were the late ANC/SACP leader Chris Hani and Deputy President Thabo Mbeki and many others.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • So the iron-man's influence over his so called proteges is very much open to debate.

    Shveta Chhatra - Offstumped site for the New Big Tent 2009

  • Watt and Curtis met online through MentorNet, an initiative that connects undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and untenured faculty (all called proteges) with professionals in academe and industry who serve as mentors.

    ACM TechNews 2009

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