civil service
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Cap bearing the badge of the Indian Police Service, the highest-trained level of police officers who must pass the Indian civil service exam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part of the civil service and landed gentry—as well as their long cultural afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
They undermine every investigation that the civil service has run.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Carter’s administration instituted the most sweeping reforms of the civil service since 1883’s Pendleton Act, which replaced the spoils system and created a professional, merit-based system.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
Until the 1950s, when it became a civil service post, the job was a political appointment, often bestowed on men who knew nothing whatsoever about running a prison.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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