1.   Even where secrecy was not ordered from above, the squabbling Soviet bureaucracy worked against the efficient collection and distribution of data.

2.   However, there are some significant differences in terms of communications and technocratic approaches to administration within the Soviet bureaucracy.

3.   Thus the Soviet bureaucracy does not correspond to the Weberian concept defined as expedient, impartial, efficient and committed to the rule of law.

4.   Dealing with Aetna U.S. Healthcare is like dealing with a particularly incompetent branch of the old Soviet bureaucracy.

5.   It is as old as the czars and was a hallmark of the old Soviet bureaucracy.

6.   It is also a glimpse into the realities of business in Central Asia, where Western investors confront among the most stubborn remnants of former Soviet bureaucracy.

7.   It is half a satire on Soviet bureaucracy and half a paean to the inevitable triumph of Communism.

8.   Primakov, a wily but amiable veteran of the Soviet bureaucracy, has little governing latitude.

9.   The delay was a product of a paralyzing fear that gripped the Soviet bureaucracy, long terrorized by Lenin, Stalin and the leaders who followed them.

10.   Residual Soviet bureaucracy can be a big stumbling block, and some people fear Jackson might take his amusement park elsewhere while officials wrestle around in red tape.