Both George Allen and Bill Frist are said to have presidential aspirations for 2008; an alliance with a popular Republican builds ties to local functionaries who could be useful later.

While several local functionaries were opposed to the idea of women playing football Zvetkov eventually was allowed to pursue his idea.

In addition, loud dissent arose after Mr. Herzog commuted the sentences of members of what was called a Jewish underground organization that had tried to kill local Palestinian functionaries.

The highest-ranking chungin, local functionaries, administratively enabled the yangban to oppress the lower classes, especially the total control they had over the sangmin.

During the Joseon Dynasty, the word gentry referred very loosely to the semi-powerful local functionaries.

The local functionaries were at the top of this class.

There were also other semi-wealthy chungin who were not local functionaries but did own land.

There is rice whiskey in Vietnam, as he tries to drink the local Communist functionary under the table.

Additional entertainment, such as brothels, casinos and bars, were managed by the Japanese and local functionaries for the military.

Aware of their worsening position, many local functionaries no longer felt as sure of themselves and were less anxious to emphasize their Party loyalties.