Word: echelon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then, Deng has chosen to operate largely behind the scenes, stressing that the reform program is not his work but that of the party. He has thus allowed his two deputies, General Secretary Hu and Premier Zhao Ziyang, 66, to establish themselves as the leading lights of the "second echelon" that has assumed the full mantle of power. With a little help from Deng, Hu and Zhao have in turn been grooming a "third echelon" of pragmatists, who should see the reforms into the 21st century...
...Justice Department was rebuked for its civil rights policies in June when the Senate Judiciary Committee blocked the appointment of William Bradford Reynolds, head of the Civil Rights Division, to Associate Attorney General. Five other top-echelon Justice Department appointments requiring Senate confirmation remain unfilled. Says American Enterprise Institute Analyst Bruce Fein of the vacancies: "If there's been a blemish on Meese's stewardship, it is that he has not been able to get his horses in place...
...able to take one rug, no furniture and no books or scores that predated 1946; family heirlooms had to be left behind. Forsaken too was the hard-won respect that the Soviets gave grudgingly to Jewish artists. "Jews are considered a lower echelon," notes Davidovich, a gentle, gracious woman whose expressive face and eyes faithfully mirror her emotions. "I received my title of Deserving Artist five years after friends who had won no competitions. In my career, everything, like playing in the West and teaching, happened with delays...
...Tieying is the very model of what China's paramount ruler Deng Xiaoping, 80, calls a "third echelon" party leader: young, educated and experienced. Last week Li, 48, became the youngest of nine up-and-coming officials named to head key government agencies. The average age of the new appointees is below 55, and all of them have the equivalent of university degrees as well as other professional qualifications. That meets Deng's criteria for bringing up a new third echelon of party leaders in their 40s and 50s. Deng represents the first echelon, while Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang...
Using community outreach techniques he pioneered in Atlanta, Brown made the department responsive for the first time to business and other community groups. He reorganized the demoralized top echelon of the department into an efficient management team, and has won over line officers by supporting their demand for overtime pay and other benefits. The soft-spoken chief is not shy about his accomplishments. "I'd give myself an A," he says. That seems about right. When Houston power brokers gathered for lunch a year ago and his name came up, everyone at the table gave him the same grade...