ached for throne proximity

"He could twist a nail into a cork-screw."
- On Lord Louis Mountbatten [1900-1979]

extraneous

More than 40% of workers feel (and corroborated by hard statistics) that their work is meaningless and doesn't contribute to the bottom-line.

misery

I was an "A" student working for a "C" student.

like many

"There were very few things he did without calculation."
- On LBJ

troubling

Study Finds Young People Remain Apathetic About Office Politics