Word: officialdom
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...Winston Churchill, during his visit to Russia last summer, had some success in persuading Russian officialdom of the dangers of a second front...
When his country went to war, the youngest brother buckled down to business, patiently carried out his share of the duties prescribed by officialdom. For Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin he inspected factories and mines. For the Ministry of Home Security he visited groups of women knitters, admitted he was "quick with the needles, but not good." When the R.A.F. appointed him a welfare officer with the rank of Air Vice Marshal, he thought the station too high, arranged his demotion to Air Commodore...
...Counted the days till the return from the hills of the pukka mem-sahibs-the blithe daughters of British officialdom...
...time samurai, international traders in pre-Pearl Harbor Tokyo. The story: an American newspaper man and a beautiful little Japanese girl cannot marry because the girl's father says no. Arbitrarily attached to this framework, like seaweed to an empty oyster shell, are some filamental anecdotes about Japanese officialdom and Tokyo's foreign colony. The characterization is stiff, the local color dim. This is that book all newspaper men are going to write instead of hanging around in bars. It might have been a better book if the author had hung around in more bars...
...Officialdom had done its best. On Ickes' plea and advice to learn to spit straight, Federal agencies donated spittoon mats; the Senate threw in 500, the House, 1,200. Others had done yeoman work: national committees tried new ballyhoo; uniformed Boy Scouts stood long hours at service stations begging motorists to give up rubber mats from rear compartments; the American Legion staged drives; women's clubs formed telephone brigades; appeals were made to crowds at ball games. But all this was far from enough. Too many Americans had not bothered to rummage their houses for rubber...