upper echelons
higher echelons

Almost all the employees in the department's upper echelons are white.

Fair play, he and his mother did a great job getting him to the upper echelons of the game.

In those days the company provided it for only the upper echelons.

They see the upper echelons of the police "in bed" with the media.

Even the upper echelons of the police have been found wanting.

But the Yankees provide an example in the upper echelons.

It was usually preserved for the upper echelons of society.

He rose to its upper echelons and, when the company went public, found himself a millionaire.

But it has had trouble reaching into the upper echelons of the former government.

These members are the upper echelons of the gang's command.

The former scenario is far more likely to be the truth, at least for the upper echelons of the party.

He was a respected politician from the upper echelons of society.

"It's like they're training us for the upper echelons of society," he said.

But they have generally been confined to sports' upper echelons.

This is the norm in the upper echelons of corporate America.

Eventually, morale at the upper echelons goes from bad to worse.

However, some were in the upper echelons of society.

If she was lucky, someone in the upper echelons would veto the idea.

One reason, she adds, may have been some turnover in the upper echelons of the union itself.

At the upper echelons of what he wanted to do, there was no room for zealots.

We've been trying for years to get someone into the upper echelons of the Bear-cult.

As a result, the survivors became established in the upper echelons of the French military and police.

But they have already received extensive review and are moving through the upper echelons of the Army, she said.

It was also the Sikhs who made up the upper echelons of the military and police forces.

Her clientele, after all, came only from the upper echelons of the Church's hierarchy.

Christians have not moved to the higher echelons of power.

The higher echelons in both have been bought and paid for.

Power was the elusive goal of every man in the higher echelons.

The book was highly successful and even found support among the higher echelons of the Christian church.

It looked as if the higher echelons of seven or eight ministries were present.

That was what the higher echelons felt, at any rate."

And who better to help guide those companies than experienced hands from the higher echelons of the corporate world?

"I'm amazed that such an important advance did not bring you up into the higher echelons of the Project."

Christianity was far from accepted amongst the higher echelons of society.

You had to turn your complaints against the individuals who manned its higher echelons.

To begin with, they were all military officers ranging in rank from the middle to the higher echelons.

It was up there in the higher echelons, where the demons and the gods lived.

And she had no hope of being accepted in the higher echelons of society.

So can it then earn a place in the higher echelons of film-making?

But he was also the Character most frequently discussed in the higher echelons of the company, and that troubled her.

This was later to be a widely held belief within the higher echelons of the divided Russian court.

The lower clergy had a similar sentiment about the higher echelons of the religious hierarchy.

Needless to say, there rarely is any attempt to cut down on higher echelons, even where called for in light of economic conditions.

Workers in the lower 10 percent in 1989 have graduated with age, experience and hard work into the higher echelons.

Very little sexism in the higher echelons of IT these days.

People took so much trouble with their clothes, though I expect that is a mark of coming from the higher echelons of society.

Lieutenant colonels may also be junior staff at a variety of higher echelons.

Away from the higher echelons of academia there are some slightly more positive stirrings.

That's where it all lies, with the higher echelons."

But there is a definite shortage of women in the higher echelons of politics, industry and science.