And in the northeast, many middle-class people support the Red Shirts.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

Such states, of course, did not need a bureaucracy for there were no vast royal or state holdings that needed management and not much economic surplus to support a bureaucratic class.

国家无需官僚体制,因为没有庞大的皇室家族,和国家财富需要管理,也没多少经济盈余能够维持官僚阶级

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But if you can like, be stable enough to support the entire family, live on the Upper West Side, it's a class. It's a status symbol.

但如果你能住在上西区，让自己足够稳定，并能养活全家，那就是一种类似阶级一样的社会地位的象征了。

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The Yellow Shirts draw much of their support from middle-class and wealthy Thais, and they consider Mr.Thaksin to have been corrupt and authoritarian.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

While populist policies, while prime minister led to support from the rural poor, Bangkok's middle class and urban elite accused him of corruption and abuse of power.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

Mr.Olmert is accused of accepting envelopes stuffed with cash from an American Jewish businessman to support a lavish style including,stays at fancy hotels, expensive cigars and first-class travel.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Mr.Olmert's centrist Kadima party forced him to resign a year ago, after an American Jewish businessman testified that he gave him envelopes stuffed with cash to support a lavish lifestyle, including fancy hotels, expensive cigars and first-class travel.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25