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- noun Plural form of
apparatchik .
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Examples
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Critiques of press releases from apparatchiks is not something that I come here for.
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The only way to escape the domination of canting, moralizing apparatchiks is to abandon the principle of vox populi, vox dei, and return to a system in which government is immune to the mental fluctuations of the masses.
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Is it merely a coincidence that Poplawski posted Beck videos online that fed into the right-wing conspiracy theory that FEMA is building secret concentration camps for round-ups of American citizens by Obama apparatchiks, which is a favorite theme of Bachmann's, as well?
The Moderate Voice 2009
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Is it merely a coincidence that Poplawski posted Beck videos online that fed into the right-wing conspiracy theory that FEMA is building secret concentration camps for round-ups of American citizens by Obama apparatchiks, which is a favorite theme of Bachmann's, as well?
The Moderate Voice 2009
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They are known as "apparatchiks" over there, here we call them "bureaucrats".
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If you have a problem with the party "apparatchiks" backing Duckworth, take it up with Durbin, he recruited her.
Rahm Emanuel: GOP's Motto Is "Ask What Your Government Can Do For Our Party" 2009
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They are known as "apparatchiks" over there, here we call them "bureaucrats".
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Unlike in Tatarstan or Bashkortostan, where Soviet leaders had sought to coopt potential nationalists by creating a caste of indigenous apparatchiks, Chechens and Ingush received no affirmative action.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In short, many of the “nationalist” leaders who championed independence for their republics had until days before been typical apparatchiks, focused on climbing the Communist ladder.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Gorbachev hoped to win over the intelligentsia, channel the idealism of the young, and expose corrupt and inept apparatchiks.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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