Mandarins

If players at Seoul's foreign exchange market are convinced that the Korean economy will be among the first to recover from the global recession - as Yoon says - and if they have confidence in Korean mandarins 'ability to forestall a liquidity squeeze, they would not have sold down the won to the current level. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To do this, he needed the services of the educated class, the so-called mandarins. ❋ Hannah Pakula (2009)

That's the dilemma mandarins like Jim Baker and the heavyweights on his Commission have to deal with. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They're perhaps more appropriately called the mandarins of the government of Japan. ❋ ITY National Archives (1994)

The king nodded once again; an invisible band suddenly struck up the loveliest music, and off they set to the places of honor reserved for them in the centre of the room, where all the mandarins were assembling. ❋ Unknown (1893)

Then, again, all foreigners, sometimes the women also, carry sticks, which can only be for beating innocent people; and their so-called mandarins and others ride races and row boats, instead of having coolies to do these things for them. ❋ Herbert Allen Giles (1890)

Before them walk two Sangleys who bear suspended from their shoulders a porcelain case in which it is said they carry their chapas which indicate that they are mandarins, which is the same that we here call "decrees" and "royal commissions." ❋ Emma Helen Blair (1884)

Looking back to his attitude towards the "mandarins" he saw in public service in the first years of his career, Amery was always on the side of planning and organization, new ideas, and unconventional methods to obtain his ends. ❋ Patricia A. Ferguson (1993)

With his background experience in three senior departments of government, was it any wonder that he was alleged to have been one of that exclusive group of "mandarins" which at one time included among others Robert Bryce, Simon Reisman, and Ed Ritchie -- who lunched together each Friday in the delightful suburban setting of the country club on the north bank of the Ottawa River, to give direction to the economy of Canada. ❋ Unknown (1977)

There will always exist gray zones in a federal system; but when the new constitution has gone through the process of repatriation and the inclusion of an amending formula, we should elaborate a permanent form of consultation so as to avoid the unnecessary frustrations which often come from the "mandarins" of both levels of government and, of course, from politicians as well. ❋ Unknown (1977)

She began to be rather tired of royal salutes, and was glad when, at last, in profound silence, the procession, consisting of the cuckoo and herself, and about half a dozen "mandarins," came to a halt before ❋ Unknown (1893)

I gave evidence that the rulers of China, who are styled "mandarins," allowed no one to enter the kingdom without their permission; and that for this purpose they kept large fleets to guard the coast, and to kill or arrest all who land there. ❋ Edward Gaylord Bourne (1884)

She began to be rather tired of royal salutes, and was glad when, at last, in profound silence, the procession, consisting of the cuckoo and herself, and about half a dozen "mandarins," came to a halt before a kind of daïs, or raised seat, at the end of the hall. ❋ Mrs. Molesworth (1880)

Next to Normal, "a powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals," not pleased at the evident East Coast bias on display by the "mandarins" at Columbia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The editorial dismissed community stalwarts as "mandarins" and the mayor's dealings with the D.C. Council as "silly fights." ❋ Unknown (2010)

For three years, she has sold local fruits such as mandarins, oranges, lemons, etc … Previously, she sold in her neighborhood market, but now she set-up a space in her house. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The top governmental officials throughout the country were called "mandarins" by the Portuguese missionaries who arrived near the end of the Ming Dynasty, and their language thus became "Mandarin." ❋ Unknown (1985)

"mandarins," came to a halt before a kind of daïs, or raised seat, at the end of the hall. ❋ Mrs. Molesworth (1880)