Sentences with phrase «with local bureaucrats»

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The soft power initiative also has involved a coordinated effort to upgrade the quality of China's diplomatic corps, replacing an older generation of media - shy, stiff bureaucrats with a younger group of Chinese men and women, many of whom are fluent in English and comfortable bantering with local journalists.

Can a bureaucrat at a federal veterans» cemetery tell local volunteers not to offer to pray with the bereaved who come for their loved ones» funerals?

«It's a myth that local government or any other service is stuffed with bureaucrats doing nothing.

Three decades of experimentation with school choice demonstrate that making it work requires careful attention to such tasks as ensuring that parents have good information about school quality and suitable transportation — responsibilities that skeptical local bureaucrats may dodge.