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personnel
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
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- responsible for allocating currency, equipment and personnel for special tasks.
Chpt 2 *personnel = employees of an organization
- He had stayed on in Berlin, conscious that Personnel had marked his file for review at the end of every year—stubborn, willful, contemptuous of instruction, telling himself that something would turn up.†
Chpt 2
- Personnel.†
Chpt 2
- All agreed that he had been treated with unusual harshness, even by a personnel department not famed for its philanthropy.†
Chpt 3
- Personnel had an address for him, Elsie added with a sniff, but of course they weren't revealing it, not Personnel.†
Chpt 3
- Personnel had an address for him, Elsie added with a sniff, but of course they weren't revealing it, not Personnel.†
Chpt 3
- All agreed that if Alec had dipped his hands in the till he was finished for all time—the Resettlement people wouldn't look at him and Personnel would give him no reference—or one so icy cold that the most enthusiastic employer would shiver at the sight of it.†
Chpt 3
- Peculation was the one sin Personnel would never let you forget—and they never forgot it themselves.†
Chpt 3
- If it was true that Alec had robbed the Circus, he would take the wrath of Personnel with him to the grave—and Personnel would not so much as pay for the shroud.†
Chpt 3
- If it was true that Alec had robbed the Circus, he would take the wrath of Personnel with him to the grave—and Personnel would not so much as pay for the shroud.†
Chpt 3
- A firm of industrial adhesive manufacturers showed interest in his application for the post of assistant manager and personnel officer.†
Chpt 3
- I knew I was finished when that ass in Personnel met me at the airport.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(personnel) people employed by an organization or members of the military
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Personnel may refer to the department of a firm that deals with what today is more commonly called Human Resources and which acts as a company-wide interface with employees.