Word: echeloning
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...existence of an upper echelon within the Senate, and occasionally within the House, has long been a public secret in Washington. Everyone knows it exists, but the men who belong to the inner circle take only quiet pride in their membership. The men who hope eventually to work their way into this conclave know they hurt their own chances by talking about it. Senator Joseph Clark (D-Penn.), who is not a member, insured his continued ostracism by devoting three days on the floor last February to a description of what he called the "Senate Establishment" and to a list...
...publicity stunt or some other sort of hoax, and indeed that was one of the first avenues of investigation probed by the FBI. Then, too, there was the matter of Frank Sr.'s genial flirtation with a kind of shadow Clan of his own, consisting of high-echelon hoods. No one figured out the connection, if any, but many were prepared to view the kidnaping as something less than the real thing. They were wrong...
...Instead, his friends quietly start the bandwagon rolling and set about persuading the party powers that their man is ready for the No. 1 spot. The leaders of the P.R.I.'s trade-union wing, the peasant branches, P.R.I.-dominated businessmen's associations, the party's lower-echelon bureaucracy are all consulted. A half-dozen or more names may flash before the public. At last, a central core of party chieftains, a few ex-Presidents with influence and, most important, Mexico's current President, make the decision...
...commissioned a 2nd lieutenant. He spent most of World War II serving under a Vichy colonial administration that did the bid ding of the Japanese invaders. But in March 1945, when Vichy surrendered the French colony to the Japanese outright, Minh joined a band of defiant, lower-echelon soldiers who organized heroic but futile resistance to the capitulation. Minh was taken prisoner by the Japanese, beaten and tortured by having most of his teeth yanked out. Minh is proud of his dental scars and today, when he neglects to wear his false-tooth plate, he smiles just the same, uninhibitedly...
...Modern Fallacy. Anderson was "disturbed because now, in the Department of Defense, the operations analyst-properly concerned with 'cost effectiveness'-seems to be working at the wrong echelon: above the professional military level rather than in an advisory capacity to the military, who should thoroughly appreciate his assistance. Unfortunately, an unhealthy imbalance has resulted because at times specialists are used as experts in areas outside their fields. This has resulted in a tendency to draw conclusions before all the evidence has been examined...