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Bureaucracy
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A system of administration wherein there is a specialization of functions, objective qualifications for office, action according to the adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority and delegated power.

Organizations such as the armed forces or administrative agencies are common examples of bureaucracies.

BUREAUCRACY. The abuse of official influence in the affairs of government; corruption. This word has lately been adopted to signify that those persons who are employed in bureaus abuse their authority by intrigue to promote their own benefit, or that of friends, rather than the public good. The word is derived from the French.
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Indeed, the technification of Chilean politics under the Concertacion has also increasingly produced a new type of party member--young, professional and with positions in the state bureacracy.
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In fact, he said, ``I have said I would move heaven and earth to do what was necessary to dismantle the bloated LAUSD bureacracy.
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The federal government has stepped in to ease financial aid bureacracy for students and schools alike, and some private lenders have helped, too.
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