Catchword: make (one’s) bones

Filed Under: English

Part of Speech: v.

Quotation: Chertoff—described as being “as cold-blooded as they come“— has a personal agenda that includes becoming U.S. Attorney General and, eventually, grabbing a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. But there’s a problem for Chertoff with conservative Republicans—he happens to be pro-choice. So, taking the DHS job is Chertoff’s way to “make his bones,” as they say in Jersey, and grab headlines as a hard-line persecutor of “the towel-heads” to please the right and neutralize his abortion stance.

Article or Document Title:
“Mike Chertoff’s Dirty Little Secrets” (URL)

Author:
Doug Ireland

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Common Dreams

Date of Publication:
Jan. 12, 2005

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