Apparatchiks
Posted by ESC on February 10, 2003 I thought this was an interesting
word.
"(Kentucky Governor Patton) said the state was flat broke. But then he
promptly put Democratic Party apparatchiks in high-paying state posts." From "Paul
Patton is no Colin Powell," Lexington Herald-leader guest column by John David
Dyche, February 10, 2003.
Merriam-Webster online http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
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Entry: ap·pa·rat·chik
Pronunciation: "ä-p&-'rä(t)-chik
Function: noun
Inflected
Form(s): plural -chiks also ap·pa·rat·chi·ki /-chi-kE/
Etymology: Russian,
from apparat
Date: 1941
1 : a member of a Communist apparat (from the organization
of a political party or an underground movement)
2 : an official blindly devoted
to superiors or to the organization
- Re: Apparatchiks
S. Ryan 02/12/03 (0)
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