Word: unofficialdom
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...sets of society exist in Washington-official and unofficial. Officialdom provides the actors. Unofficialdom provides the stages-mostly dining-room and drawing-room scenes-the choruses, the expert managers. The State Department is the prompter, furnishing cues for the actors' entrances and exits...
...Unofficialdom. Smart unofficial society falls into two groups: Cave-dwellers and Newcomers. The Cave-dwellers are the old residents, rich and socially secure, who hold themselves aloof from the comings and goings of the ever-shifting official set. Their women wear pompadours, subscribe to charities, keep their names out of the newspapers. As social stage managers, the Cave-dwellers entertain only the most select officials. Their parties are small and quiet. In return, they are invited to the most exclusive official functions...
...Unofficialdom said that Army's flood control report would recommend: 1) Standard levees from above Cairo, Ill., to the Mississippi mouth, 12 feet wide (instead of 8, as now) and higher than ever; 2) Illuminated national highways atop these levees; 3) Spillways at Poydras, La.; and down the Atchafalaya Basin; 4) Lateral levee control of large Mississippi tributaries; 5) No reforestation; 6) Costs...
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