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There were nearly 2,000 guests, including sports stars, pop singers, foreign dignitaries, middle-ranking members of the cabinet, an old foreign secretary, the mayor of London, the speaker of the House of Commons.

A cheap and cruel snub to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown | Observer editorial 2011

If we'd known then what we know now – that there would be not just ex-prime ministers but loads of middle-ranking and even minor Tories peppered across the abbey, and it would in fact look more like Lady Thatcher's funeral than the wedding of two nice young people, we would have been even more perplexed.

Royal wedding guest list: perplexing – and where was naughty Uncle Gary? 2011

Those in favor of possession, including on a conditional basis as a deterrent and in the context of equal retaliation, include a member of the Iranian Parliaments' Judicial Commission, a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts, and two middle-ranking clerics.

Rahim Kanani: Islam and the Bomb: Religious Justification for and Against Nuclear Weapons Rahim Kanani 2011

Second, besides much-vaunted projects of technological innovation and reforms to diversify Russia's economy away from commodity dependence, President Medvedev has also modernized aspects of the political and judicial system - reforming local elections, firing many low - and middle-ranking officials, launching ambitious plans to overhaul health and education as well as replacing long-standing governors.

Adrian Pabst: President Medvedev's Project Of Modernization Adrian Pabst 2010

The government would prefer dialogue and reconciliation and has received "a lot of phone calls" from middle-ranking members of both groups, he said, but if fighting continues it will use force.

Somalia to launch attacks on al-Qaeda soon 2011

That title, equivalent to "married woman," was never used by royalty, meaning she was "probably the wife of a middle-ranking official or priest," said Aidan Dodson, a professor of archaeology at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and an expert on Egyptian royal lines.

Alleged Antiquities Smugglers Busted Keith Johnson 2011

• As a recently retired middle-ranking civil servant I felt for your correspondent.

Dear Jeremy Jeremy Bullmore 2010

The mayor also thinks that he's adequately addressed the problem of poorly vetting middle-ranking officials before they are hired.

D.C. scandals show that Mayor Gray should part ways with some advisers 2011

Again, on a measure of "school readiness at three", children from wealthy families are on average 10% more ready than middle-ranking families and 30% ahead of those at the bottom.

How to bridge Britain's divide between health and wealth 2010

The owner-subsidy regulations are deeply unpopular with middle-ranking clubs who fear being frozen out of the Champions League.

Newcastle United surrender £10m to service debts 2010