Silicon Valley can sometimes be too well-fed — from startup offices to clubbiness.
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He was turned off by the clubbiness, the message of exclusivity, and the extremely conservative politics.
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Some well-known scientists boycott those "prestige" journals to protest their perceived clubbiness and inflated status.
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But as a justification for sexism, clubbiness is an argument that is as old as it is thin.
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But it gave me an inkling of what was to come, and taught me something about that clubbiness.
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That clubbiness has its virtues: strong networks of successful investors and entrepreneurs help ensure that the best opportunities are funded.
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If you ever sat in the Senate galleries, perched high above the chamber, that clubbiness would be immediately apparent to you.
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But Wednesday's announcement suggested an abandoning of a sense of reserve — some would say clubbiness — that distinguished membership invitations in past years.
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It can also carry the whiff of reporter-source coziness, pack journalism and clubbiness that pervades our capital city, contributing to Washington's case of acute bubble-itis.
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" For example: "Scott Pruitt, who ultimately lost his job as EPA Administrator because of serial ethical abuses and clubbiness with lobbyists, had a section in his vetting form titled 'allegations of coziness with big energy companies.
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The challenge for modern-day centrism is to reject civility for its own sake and attack the cozy clubbiness of the political and economic elite with policies that will have real positive impact for struggling Americans.
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Despite the inclusiveness represented by these numbers, there is a clubbiness emanating from the 2019 Biennial that seems to hold true for every Biennial, with its coastal bias and disinclination to look beyond familiar schools, galleries, and institutional affiliations.
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So for me, I think what felt like an opportunity to me was that it meant that all of that, that establishment, the kind of codes of the way things were done in Hollywood, the certain aspects of the clubbiness of it, certain impressions about what would fly and what wouldn't, or what kinds of movies would succeed and what wouldn't, all those things have been picked apart.
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Upon release, Ringos Desert received favorable reviews. Dancing Astronaut praised Ringos Desert saying that "Every song is polished to absolute perfection, each sound given dedicated space to exist like modern art in an exhibit. Tucked into the songs is a cheeky dose of western sonic flavor that seasons the entire album". Billboard magazine characterized songs on the album as having "a right clubbiness", "a ghostly R&B; touch", and a "romantic struggle narrative with a strong sentiment of self-empowerment".
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