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  • noun Plural form of politburo.

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  • offices, a world where Stalin's portrait still graces the walls, "politburos" and "central committees" map out strategy and capitalists are considered "class enemies."

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • offices, a world where Stalin's portrait still graces the walls, "politburos" and "central committees" map out strategy and capitalists are considered "class enemies."

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Steadily one man rule has been rolled back and politburos and generals sent packing as people have demanded democratic control over their societies and lives.

    Rahim Kanani: Lord Mark Malloch-Brown on the Unfinished Global Revolution Rahim Kanani 2011

  • It was a despicable, discredited and thoroughly corrupting concentration of unchecked power in the prior Speaker's wheedling greasy lusty hands & evidently seen no place else outside of the old Soviet era politburos.

    Sights and Sounds from the 2010 Session - Day 1 (Blog for Democracy) 2010

  • Unfortunately, like the politburos of yesteryear, large corporation HR departments and personnel wonks fail to heed the lessons of the past -- and dumbly stumble forward to a brave new world where their central planning fantasies will likewise need to be enforced at the point of a gun.

    You Can Do Anything You Put Your Mind To: A Noble Lie?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Steadily one man rule has been rolled back and politburos and generals sent packing as people have demanded democratic control over their societies and lives.

    Rahim Kanani: Lord Mark Malloch-Brown on the Unfinished Global Revolution Rahim Kanani 2011

  • It was to be part of the lead-up to a gigantic Global Work Party on Oct. 10 (10-10-10), and a way to give prime ministers and politburos something easy to do in the hope of getting the fight against global warming slowly back on track.

    Bill McKibben: Notes on the Enthusiasm Gap 2010

  • It was to be part of the lead-up to a gigantic Global Work Party on Oct. 10 (10-10-10), and a way to give prime ministers and politburos something easy to do in the hope of getting the fight against global warming slowly back on track.

    Bill McKibben: Notes on the Enthusiasm Gap 2010

  • It was to be part of the lead-up to a gigantic Global Work Party on Oct. 10 (10-10-10), and a way to give prime ministers and politburos something easy to do in the hope of getting the fight against global warming slowly back on track.

    Bill McKibben: Notes on the Enthusiasm Gap 2010

  • It was to be part of the lead-up to a gigantic Global Work Party on Oct. 10 (10-10-10), and a way to give prime ministers and politburos something easy to do in the hope of getting the fight against global warming slowly back on track.

    Bill McKibben: Notes on the Enthusiasm Gap 2010

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