There's no way the relatively small corps of American science journalists could adequately track goings - on in the much larger research community without input from those of us who can more closely monitor individual studies at individual institutions. (sciencemag.org)
In these settings a small corps of priests or other functionaries, or perhaps a single religious leader, provides ceremonial proficiency and continuity for a larger lay populace whose participation, while not casual, tends to be more occasional and informal than the ordered activity of church attendance. (religion-online.org)
The question is whether a small corps of candidates backed by a half - dozen vocal liberal leaders means there is widespread dissatisfaction among progressives for the son of liberal lion Mario Cuomo. (newsday.com)