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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
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Staffs
Staffs = ?
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Lifelong Collector of Data Can Bog Down His Staffs
By Dale Russakoff and Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, October 13, 2004; Page A01
Until his presidential campaign, the biggest enterprise Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) had run was a county district attorney's office in Massachusetts with 90 lawyers in the late 1970s. By all accounts, Kerry was a skilled manager, running the office for an old-line district attorney and swiftly transforming a sleepy, nepotistic organization of part-time prosecutors into one of the most high-powered and innovative in the northeast.
Context:
Lifelong Collector of Data Can Bog Down His Staffs
By Dale Russakoff and Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, October 13, 2004; Page A01
Until his presidential campaign, the biggest enterprise Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) had run was a county district attorney's office in Massachusetts with 90 lawyers in the late 1970s. By all accounts, Kerry was a skilled manager, running the office for an old-line district attorney and swiftly transforming a sleepy, nepotistic organization of part-time prosecutors into one of the most high-powered and innovative in the northeast.
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The headline doesn't seem to relate closely to the article abstract, Jobb, but I presume 'staffs' are the people who work under the 'collector of data'. 'Staff' is often considered to be a collective only, but is also used in the singular for one worker, with 'staffs' as a plural. Some writers prefer to use 'staff member' as a singular for a collective 'staff'.
- The headline doesn't seem to relate closely to the article abstract, Jobb, but I presume 'staffs' are the people who work under the 'collector of data'.
- 'Staff' is often considered to be a collective only, but is also used in the singular for one worker, with 'staffs' as a plural.
- Some writers prefer to use 'staff member' as a singular for a collective 'staff'.
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The headline doesn't seem to relate closely to the article abstract, Jobb, but I presume 'staffs' are the people who work under the 'collector of data'. 'Staff' is often considered to be a collective only, but is also used in the singular for one worker, with 'staffs' as a plural. Some writers prefer to use 'staff member' as a singular for a collective 'staff'.
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