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The importance of landed properties ensure the families stay on the society's upper echelons. It also ensures the future wealth of the next generations.
At the end of the year 1860 the US Army had 16,215 men, officers and upper echelons included,
Mace Windu is a fictional character from Star Wars, a Jedi Master of the High Council and one of the last members of the order's upper echelons before the fall of the Galactic Republic.
Ironically, the police department, or online on their website.
1. It means to imply or to suggest something, usually something derogatory. 2. It also means to penetrate by subterfuge, as in "The spy insinuated himself into the upper echelons of the enemy's government."
Little Caesar is a Warner Bros. Pre-Code crime film. The movie is about a a hoodlum who ascends the ranks of an organized crime unit until he reaches the upper echelons.
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The British
Any country's National Flag with a small Union Flag on the upper left corner was once a member of the British Empire.
A yah is a British term for an upper-class person.
Walk with a stiff upper lip.
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