But even the best have deep financial troubles, and critics contend that most public universities also suffer from rigid bureaucracy.

But Japan's sometimes rigid bureaucracy can also be a factor.

He said "one of the sins of government" was a rigid bureaucracy that lived by "one fundamental rule above all others - preserve the bureaucracy."

He wants to devolve power from a rigid central bureaucracy, but some nationalists want to shatter the union altogether.

In daily interactions with welfare workers and supervisors, I consistently see a rigid bureaucracy punishing the disadvantaged.

They oppose the slavery of the Derigions and see themselves as liberators, but their empire is still dominated by a rigid bureaucracy.

In a rigid bureaucracy, dissenters and those who speak out too loudly must be punished.

The top-heavy, rigid bureaucracy of the school system has proven impotent in the face of such problems.

We can set an example and provide assistance where there is poor infrastructure and rigid bureaucracy.

Rather than cutting back the country's enormous and rigid bureaucracy, he bloated to capture votes.