Manila's more astute between-the-lines readers realized the upper echelons of the military were issuing a not-so-veiled public warning of the military's dissatisfaction with Estrada.

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WASPs are still over-represented in the upper echelons of companies.

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Earlier this month, senior European crime fighters Europol detailed how match-fixing had reached the upper echelons of European football.

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Its list of well-heeled clients is made up of the upper echelons of health care: Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and almost the entire University of California system are among its 260 customers.

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The year: Emerged unscathed and untainted from a lingering insider- trading investigation last year that had reached the upper echelons of SAP.

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Because those specimens were believed to have been from the upper echelons of society, the researchers surmised their calcified arteries could have developed from high-fat diets.

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Peraino is referring to a new study conducted by the Center for Work-Life Policy that offers insights into why a very clear glass ceiling remains in the upper echelons of corporate America.

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They make up the upper echelons of U.S. health care, and include Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Cedars-Sinai, and HMO giant Kaiser Permanente.

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