He left the job of meeting with Dr. ElBaradei to lower-ranking officials.

Colonel Benavides and seven lower-ranking officials were charged with the slayings in January.

Article 57 makes it clear that the king's cabinet and other lower-ranking officials must follow Islam.

Ten lower-ranking officials were also found guilty of kidnapping.

The few pronouncements out of Havana in recent days have come from lower-ranking officials and do not directly address the Clinton Administration measures.

In the past a diplomatic mission headed by a lower-ranking official (an envoy or minister resident) was known as a legation.

It was intended "to reward extraordinary merit by non-commissioned officers, soldiers, and lower-ranking officials."

Those duties are usually handled by lower-ranking officials.

In addition to the court officials, the term marszałek was also used to denote a number of lower-ranking or temporary officials.

Here, people keep silent, are evasive, cast responsibility on lower-ranking officials, hide out until the wave passes.