bureaucracy
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The statement acknowledged that consequences for young people could be "far-reaching" and said that regulations on exemptions were being developed "in part to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy".
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Editor Danielius Kokanauskis cuts these sequences with Swiss-clock precision, mirroring the cruel precision of Soviet bureaucracy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The civil-defense bureaucracy needs to be streamlined, disaster response tested, and the medical system is overstretched, even in peacetime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
But having never served, it is unclear if he can convince the rest of Ukraine's traditional military leadership, which some say is still stuck in Soviet-style bureaucracy.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Since the Inca bureaucracy was so strongly identified with its godlike absolute monarch, it disintegrated after Atahuallpa’s death.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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