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  • As a last resort, Jane made an appointment to see Mrs. Ruth B. Shipley, the ogress in charge of the Passport Division of the State Department, described by Time magazine in 1951 as “the most unfirable, most feared” woman in government.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • As a last resort, Jane made an appointment to see Mrs. Ruth B. Shipley, the ogress in charge of the Passport Division of the State Department, described by Time magazine in 1951 as “the most unfirable, most feared” woman in government.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • Putting his unfirable wife in charge would itself have been enough to get him terminated at some firms.

    Should We Rehire This Man? 2008

  • Or, more to the point, where someone can become unfirable for the offense of simply never doing any more work?

    Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy: Denied! - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • GOLDBERG: I think -- these guys are basically unfirable.

    CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2003 2003

  • He leveled the unfirable shotgun at Danny and said, "Gimme the gun."

    The Third Victim Gardner, Lisa 1988

  • With the stimulus bill, liberals plan to move unfirable government workers into every activity in America, where they will superintend all aspects of our lives.

    unknown title 2009

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