Word: bureaucratic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Marek makes clear, though, that Franz Joseph was much more than a uniformed bureaucrat. He was literally and psychologically a survivor. He had come to power upon his uncle's abdication during the Revolution of 1848, and he proceeded to put down and punish the rebels ruthlessly. He stubbornly refused to sell the region of Venetia for nearly $1 billion and then lost it-and many thousands of lives-as a result of a disastrous war with Prussia. The survivor's instinct could only have deepened as he saw his family cut down by firing squad and assassin...
...saner times, The Alchemist would be just plain strange. The battle for high office pits Anita Tockbridge, an ambitious HEW official who tries to win the vice presidency on her back and in other positions, and Martin Dobecker, bureaucrat-alchemist, against the true freaks of a Washington fascinated with the occult...
...Japan government should have kept out in terms of trying to interfere with my discussing openly in the United States. The letter reminded me of something written by a pre-World War II bureaucrat to an underling. It was harsh and imperious," Cohen said yesterday...
Finance Minister, Giscard always seemed to be a cold, remote bureaucrat. But he set the country on its ear at his very first presidential press conference, declaring: "I aim first of all to dust off the republic." That is precisely what he has done. From his low-keyed inauguration and his subsequent stroll along the Champs-Elysées, Giscard has launched an all-out effort to stamp his presidency as young, relaxed, liberal and open...
...nation like France to be governed by people all formed in the same mold. E.N.A. graduates are brilliant, no doubt about it, but they've not worked much in factories or sold many ties in the street." Which could be useful experience for the truly well-rounded student bureaucrat...