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- noun Alternative spelling of
apparatchik .
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Examples
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Britain has long-term apparachik Margaret Beckett, who doesn't even speak a foreign language, has no education in politics or international diplomacy, has, as her "personal assistant" her 80-year old husband who sits in her office on a large salary and gets free air tickets to wherever the latest destination is for Margaret to show her ineptitude.
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Gordon showed his usual lack of empathy (unless it is pre-scripted condolences for soldiers) and sounded like a Soviet apparachik.
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Gordon showed his usual lack of empathy (unless it is pre-scripted condolences for soldiers) and sounded like a Soviet apparachik.
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If Cameron got in with a healthy majority, he would slice 'n' dice our country to suit his EUSSR masters in order to remain the prized (Britain!) apparachik and continue his role, within the EU, as the Heir to Blair.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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Bob - I was intrigued by your use of the term “apparachik.”
Cheeseburger Gothic » Well that went better than expected. 2009
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When she speaks of "a young people's palace offering music, drama, arts, sport, computers and emotional and practical support," she sounds exactly like a Brezhnev era apparachik extolling the Pioneers movement.
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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When she speaks of "a young people's palace offering music, drama, arts, sport, computers and emotional and practical support," she sounds exactly like a Brezhnev era apparachik extolling the Pioneers movement.
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Today's Guardian carries a long extract from the new book by Peter Hyman, the former New Labour apparachik who has gone into teaching.
Archive 2005-02-01 2005
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Today's Guardian carries a long extract from the new book by Peter Hyman, the former New Labour apparachik who has gone into teaching.
February 2005 2005
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When she speaks of "a young people's palace offering music, drama, arts, sport, computers and emotional and practical support," she sounds exactly like a Brezhnev era apparachik extolling the Pioneers movement.
March 2005 2005
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