But the talk in the Geneva International Motor Show's backrooms was another story.

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His closest rival, Hugh Segal, has had influence in the Tory backrooms, for a time as chief of staff to Mr Mulroney.

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And they have backrooms full of lawyers.

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Women have fought long and hard to be included in the boardrooms and backrooms of an oft male-dominated society, but let's face it, sometimes they just want things men probably don't--like a curling iron or a copy of O, the Oprah magazine.

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