Word: echelons
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Freedom, democracy and human rights, in essence, belong to the upper echelon of the social structure, who could not sustain themselves without their economic base. Political democratization can be realized only if people's livelihood has been improved. An old Chinese saying goes like this, "Heaven is where we have food, clothing and a home." Note the conspicuous absence of freedom...
...echelon jobs minorities have been excluded from--that's Bob Healy's fault," Lee added. "If Bob Healy were seriously committed to diversity in the city, he would have hired in his cabinet someone of color to run a major department...
...more than the previous year, and superstores report that their sales are growing 15% a year on average. "The great advantage to the superstores is simply that they buy more titles," says Roger Straus, president of the venerable publishing house Farrar Straus & Giroux. "More books in the best-seller echelon are being sold, and it would be unfair to say that the first-time novelist will be hurt by superstores...
Well, they're still trying. The two Goliaths are a combined 7-1 in conference play, with the one loss coming from Princeton's 8-6 victory over Brown. And in this past week, they have solidified their place in the upper echelon of the Ancient Eight, with each of them fending off up-and-coming Harvard...
...anonymous disclosure means that it would have been practically wise for Gina Grant to take the risk of trusting someone high in the Harvard echelon with the full story of her past. And it would have been the morally responsible thing to do as well...