chapa-branca
English translation: government crony
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|  Selected response from: Elvira Alves Barry Local time: 10:35 | ||||||
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| 4 | para-governmental (organization) |
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| 4 | government crony |
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| 3 | bag-job |
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19 mins confidence: 
bag-job Explanation: It works, but I'll keep thinking of something better. "This was a bag job," he proclaimed after another week of meetings. "It's very clear from this process there were no rules. The rules were changed hour by ... www.roadsidephotos.com/baseball/bb02-1.htm |
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47 mins confidence:
para-governmental (organization) Explanation: This may be a good solution (OR leave it as "chapa-branca" and explain in a note what the expression means. Some examples of the suggested expression: The Third Sector: Comparative Studies of Nonprofit Organizations - Google Books Result by Helmut K. Anheier, Wolfgang Seibel - 1990 - Business & Economics - 413 pages Most work on para-governmental organization to date has been in a "national style" vein, in the sense that it has been done on a country-by- country basis, ... http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0899254861... Means Used by the Nazi Conspiractors in Gaining Control of the ... (5) The Nazi conspirators caused the Nazi Party to be established as a para-governmental organization with extensive and extraordinary privileges. ... http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/resource/document/DOCNAC10.htm Blog #2 of Domination - of Eiler By most definitions of government, the Domination of Eiler is a para-governmental organization, albeit with very small regular staff. ... www.eilertech.com/domination/blog2.htm |
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3 hrs confidence:
government crony Explanation: Lots of examples of this may be found with a Google search. |
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