Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
les proches du pouvoir
English translation:
government cronies
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Apr 21, 2005 03:12
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les proches du pouvoir
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Journalism
Reproche-t-on à nos consoeurs et à nos confrères algériens de faire leur métier et de dénoncer les abus en tous genres, le détournement de l’argent public et l’implication de proches du pouvoir dans des affaires qui relèvent du délit financier...
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government cronies
Kenya: Forest destruction for the benefit of government cronies
Kenya: Forest destruction for the benefit of government cronies. Kenya's ecosystems
are on the edge, unable to continue providing water, plant materials and ...
www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/55/Kenya.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
About Friends of the Lubicon
... Daishowa and their oil company and government cronies are some of the worst
imaginable human beings -- covetous, unprincipled, brutal, dishonest, ...
www.tao.ca/~fol/Pa/abofol.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Jul 28/00 : Exchange of Letters between Lubicon Chief and Indian ...
... and their provincial government cronies to tear Lubicon society apart, to
subvert Lubicon land rights and to undermine Lubicon land negotiations. ...
www.tao.ca/~fol/Pa/negp/po000728.htm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
Newsletter 12/2004
... benefit only a few government cronies while disadvantaging many poor farmers.
... a small number of government cronies to the detriment of farmers, ...
www.smeru.or.id/newslet/2004/ed12/200412focus.htm - 51k - 20 Apr 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
ZDNet Australia: News: Business
... Interesting that the Tasmanian Government cronies are always "Anonymous".
Anyhow, as to the "bad faith" mentioned by "anonymous". ...
www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/talkback.htm?PROCESS=show& ID=20029460&AT=20274401-39023166t-10000004c - 43k - Cached - Similar pages
USAID's $14 Million Going Into Selected Pockets
... USAID's $14 Million Going Into Selected Pockets of Government Cronies. By MT
Butt and Shaheen Sehbai. ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: A $14 million USAID project ...
www.satribune.com/archives/may16_22_04/P1_usaid.htm - 38k - Cached - Similar pages
zimbabwe tourism
... 'free' labour would be those government cronies who had been given the land,
... productive white-owned farms to government cronies who are not farmers. ...
www.eturbonews.com/comments/_disc1/00000287.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
The Great British Broadcasting swindle
... Today, the BBC board consists of the same bunch of government cronies, spivs
and grease-monkeys, resulting in the reproduction of the most stinking pile ...
www.cinestatic.com/whorecull/issue3/broadcasting.asp - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
. Democracy Dumped as Fatcat Cronies prepare to Loot .
... speculators, assorted fatcats and other corporatist government cronies ....
now think of their glorious feast to be had, with troughings of added gravy. ...
www.sovereignty.org.uk/siteinfo/newsround/corrupt.html - 20k - Cached - Similar pages
Kenya: Forest destruction for the benefit of government cronies. Kenya's ecosystems
are on the edge, unable to continue providing water, plant materials and ...
www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/55/Kenya.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
About Friends of the Lubicon
... Daishowa and their oil company and government cronies are some of the worst
imaginable human beings -- covetous, unprincipled, brutal, dishonest, ...
www.tao.ca/~fol/Pa/abofol.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Jul 28/00 : Exchange of Letters between Lubicon Chief and Indian ...
... and their provincial government cronies to tear Lubicon society apart, to
subvert Lubicon land rights and to undermine Lubicon land negotiations. ...
www.tao.ca/~fol/Pa/negp/po000728.htm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
Newsletter 12/2004
... benefit only a few government cronies while disadvantaging many poor farmers.
... a small number of government cronies to the detriment of farmers, ...
www.smeru.or.id/newslet/2004/ed12/200412focus.htm - 51k - 20 Apr 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
ZDNet Australia: News: Business
... Interesting that the Tasmanian Government cronies are always "Anonymous".
Anyhow, as to the "bad faith" mentioned by "anonymous". ...
www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/talkback.htm?PROCESS=show& ID=20029460&AT=20274401-39023166t-10000004c - 43k - Cached - Similar pages
USAID's $14 Million Going Into Selected Pockets
... USAID's $14 Million Going Into Selected Pockets of Government Cronies. By MT
Butt and Shaheen Sehbai. ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: A $14 million USAID project ...
www.satribune.com/archives/may16_22_04/P1_usaid.htm - 38k - Cached - Similar pages
zimbabwe tourism
... 'free' labour would be those government cronies who had been given the land,
... productive white-owned farms to government cronies who are not farmers. ...
www.eturbonews.com/comments/_disc1/00000287.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
The Great British Broadcasting swindle
... Today, the BBC board consists of the same bunch of government cronies, spivs
and grease-monkeys, resulting in the reproduction of the most stinking pile ...
www.cinestatic.com/whorecull/issue3/broadcasting.asp - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
. Democracy Dumped as Fatcat Cronies prepare to Loot .
... speculators, assorted fatcats and other corporatist government cronies ....
now think of their glorious feast to be had, with troughings of added gravy. ...
www.sovereignty.org.uk/siteinfo/newsround/corrupt.html - 20k - Cached - Similar pages
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top government officials or members of the President's entourage
or members of the President's close entourage
Guardian Newspapers
... it is the duty of top government officials being driven in an entourage to ... either that officials are in power to oppress and intimidate the people; ...
www.guardiannewsngr.com/editorial_opinion/article01 - 19k
Guardian Newspapers
... it is the duty of top government officials being driven in an entourage to ... either that officials are in power to oppress and intimidate the people; ...
www.guardiannewsngr.com/editorial_opinion/article01 - 19k
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meaning : those people close to the power
the power being the head of the state
the people close to : can be anyone : politicians, family members, government people, business men etc...
There might be a better way to word it but this is the correct meaning.
the power being the head of the state
the people close to : can be anyone : politicians, family members, government people, business men etc...
There might be a better way to word it but this is the correct meaning.
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(those close to) the powers that be / those in the corridors of power
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influential people
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with close links to those in power/closely connected to those in power/ with powerful friends
A few things that come to mind
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Note added at 5 hrs 47 mins (2005-04-21 09:00:34 GMT)
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Or even better, figures with close links to the government
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Note added at 5 hrs 47 mins (2005-04-21 09:00:34 GMT)
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Or even better, figures with close links to the government
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individuals close to those with political power
Good old Humanité.....:)
Algeria has a president and prime minister...so
Algeria has a president and prime minister...so
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