According to one DfE insider, the atmosphere in the education policy world today can be a bit "old boys' network".
As the news broke, insiders experienced an atmosphere of unprecedented panic.
Adding to the circus atmosphere, Business Insider honcho Henry Blodget tongue-in-cheekily raised his target price for bitcoins to $400 (echoes of his Amazon.com price target from his dot-com glory days).
Until the Nasdaq index crashed through the atmosphere last spring, insiders' shares in a technology company were equated with manna from heaven.
Mr. Sadyrkulov's death comes amid what opposition politicians — and other former insiders — describe as a growing atmosphere of harassment, intimidation and threats.
It's a relaxed atmosphere, but, to insiders, not without tension: Thomas, the headliner at the picnic for most of her life, and perhaps the only living link to the ur-music of America, may move away to become a schoolteacher.
Though Mr. Medvedev did not push through significant structural change, influential insiders contend that he "created an atmosphere" that led to protests, Mr. Rahr said.
Insiders at the ministry described the atmosphere of the talks "as very positive" – in sharp contrast to the environment outside where thousands of demonstrators gathered to issue howls of protests.
My fashion week on the couch may have provided a blow-by-blow list of spring/summer product, but its sheer lack of atmosphere, industry politics and yes, insider gossip denied me the crucial knowledge absorbed only from being there.
It's fairly small, which adds to the friendly atmosphere, and staff are happy to share insider tips on the city.
