Money counts for much in political circles.

Money counts for much in political circles.

The speaker hinted at corruption in the political world.

Money counts for much in political circles.

In international public health circles, there was great excitement.

The book is reportedly read in the highest government circles.

Tom has a very bad reputation in certain quarters.

Loose lips sink ships is received wisdom in central banking circles.

But corruption poses the single largest obstacle to growth and development in many countries, especially as it diverts resources from the poor.

People increasingly see change not as something that enhances their freedom and dignity but as a force encouraging avarice and unfairness.

It used to be that even mentioning corruption in some official circles was considered taboo.

By concentrating wealth narrowly, globalization produces more threats than opportunities.

On 11 August, a source in diplomatic circles told the news agency that the captives had been released.

This mindset is also pervasive in Western governments, industry, business schools, and the media.

There were a few naysayers, but not many in the financial sector itself.

Anna Arkadyevna Karenina had friends and close connections in three different sets.

The nationalist circles complain on prevalence of the Russian language in the media and official business.

Albini had a reputation as a principled and opinionated individual in the American independent music scene.

It was a sacrifice, and was met with much resentment in German financial circles.

The reporter's action has hence stirred a lot of frustration among media workers' social circles on WeChat.

It does not help Fischer among the Greens to be praised by the big brother SPD.

The memory of this short lived crisis with the US is still fresh in Turkish government circles.

My fear is that the will of Ethiopia s people will be stifled by government hard liners.

With outcomes that fall far short of policymakers projections, it is not surprising that there is little harmony in official circles.

Recent threats by the Bush administration to cut off billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan have sparked panic in government circles.

But many people in the political elite and military circles were enraged by Khrushchev s revelations.

In German political circles in 1990, the very idea would have seemed monstrous and absurd.

LJ user leicacit suggested that the attack might be connected to the conflict of the government groups.

Commenting on the image, opposition activist Ilya Yashin declared that the time of conversations in office ties has ended.

In some fundamentalist circles, and among the terrorists, Western culture evokes repulsion, not attraction.

Second, experiences that bring lasting pleasure or unhappiness do not always command a high priority in government circles.

Indeed, they are as important as ever and not only in academia.

We're known in smaller circles here in Madrid and elsewhere, a bit in Bilbao very local.

The Austrian school is a very minority strain even in academia , he says. Who are those libertarians?

This question remains hotly debated in media and policy circles across the West.

It has become fashionable in certain smart circles to regard atheism as a sign of superior education, of a more highly evolved civilization, of enlightenment.

Disappointment with the pace of Euro Atlantic integration is palpable in both official circles and on the ground.

But its successes in Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine are creating great anxiety, and even hostility, in some quarters.

Nor will he be entirely at home in London, especially in the circles in which Madonna moves.

But I also believe that the fundamentalist approach that can be sensed in certain circles is skirting the limits of the acceptable.

The ABC network, affectionately known in the trade as the T A network, right that's not too much jargon, is it?

It is remarkable how, having proven their incompetence, they are still revered in some quarters.

Tajikistan (its government) has been considering taxing the remittances that its migrant workers are sending home .

All this acknowledging this process as a right that has been historically denied to a certain part of the Brazilian population.

But independent news website China Digital Times managed to capture some stories shared in smaller social circles.