A: Elected officials are considered essential; their staffs are another matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q & A: What could happen during a government shutdown] Reference

All the staffs are the people with a vision of giving solution at problem of which you facing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Slurp Gallery] Reference

The porters run all the hotels, the staffs are at the war but there is always a porter and the porter is everything in the hotel.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Active Service with the Fighting Forces] Reference

If anyone buys Conyers 'staffs' new forthcoming book, it will be because Conyers is (or at least was) chair of the Judiciary Committee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should Conyers Impeach or Write Another Book About Bush's Crimes?] Reference

And we're calling the staffs five minutes after the death saying, "When is the memorial service going to be?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2002] Reference

He make his 'staffs' (first shot in series) out of odd pieces of wood and adorns them with all manner of decoration which he then sells.    From Wordnik.com.  [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

John Morton: It'll be integrating the newspaper and online staffs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Paper Chase] Reference

But the warring staffs were already accusing each other of bad faith.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Clinton Lost The Capital] Reference

Now counterintelligence staffs will be built up and security procedures tightened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deadly Mole] Reference

Suddenly, patrons are in danger of being questioned to death by hypersolicitous staffs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fly In The Soup] Reference

None will need the central staffs that were required to coordinate work in one big AT&T.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Anxiety Epidemic] Reference

This limitation materially impacts the staffs ability to detect insider trading activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [SEC tells Congress new law doesn't block FOIA] Reference

Since 1945 congressional staffs have grown five times faster than the national population.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Trim The Deficit] Reference

As the 1992 campaign heads into the final weeks, both sides are bolstering their advance staffs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art Of The Advance] Reference

American and British television networks have long had elaborate precautions for their staffs in Baghdad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shark Attacks] Reference

But all blood-testing operations will be transferred to 10 larger laboratories with better-trained staffs.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Safe Is The Blood Supply?] Reference

Today, cars are redesigned at multiyear intervals, partly because engineering staffs are stretched so thin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking For A '00 Buick? You Won't Have Long To] Reference

At least one team has already held its year-end meeting; others have sent their staffs on extended vacations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is This A Fun Game, Or What?] Reference

But "tumescent" staffs (Schlesinger's delicious description) seem normal to people with a weak sense of the past.    From Wordnik.com.  [Agents Of What Change?] Reference

In fact, I saw more signs of that when they were placed in these homes, simply because the staffs were overwhelmed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Together Again] Reference

For hours Margolies-Mezvinsky's Washington and district staffs were virtually cut off as calls kept every line lit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Housebroken] Reference

We have competent, dedicated staffs who take the time to guide customers to the items that best fulfill their needs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Changing Commerce] Reference

It wasn't much of a march on the White House last Wednesday -- two dozen leaders of women's groups and their staffs.    From Wordnik.com.  [What About Women?] Reference

Consumers seeking greener call-rate pastures are likely to find sales staffs overwhelmed with questions about the policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phones: Call For Chaos?] Reference

This pool of well-educated and ambitious workers spawns new businesses and staffs companies that require high skill levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [LESSONS FROM NEW ENGLAND] Reference

Mandelson has contacts on Charles's and the queen's staffs and has been a conduit among them, the government and the media.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leading Her Majesty From One Step Behind] Reference

Newt Gingrich impressed just about everybody when he promised to cut congressional committee staffs by a third to save money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twists And Turns On The Road Rightward] Reference

"" You will note the conspicuous absence of Rhodes scholars or well-known educators on admissions staffs, '' Hernandez writes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secrets Of The Ivy League] Reference

At the same time, the demand for smaller classes means a number of districts will have to expand their staffs beyond current numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teachers Wanted] Reference

Our Pacific command staff is in constant contact with the Central Command staff and across the spectrum of military headquarters staffs.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Pacific Strategy] Reference

These institutions were governed by mutually agreed upon protocols and rules, and were maintained by permanent staffs and bureaucracies.    From Wordnik.com.  [In A Few Fateful Days] Reference

Both were on the staffs of scholarly journals published at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, in England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

Now issues settled by negotiators for the two superpowers are reconsidered by the greatly expanded staffs of Gorbachev and Shevardnadze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why He's Failing] Reference

Alternatively, the post office might have redeemed stamps for cash, in effect allowing legislators or their staffs to steal public money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wreckage On The Hill: The Body Count Begins] Reference

Few admit to being American or British when asked by strangers; their staffs rarely even tell neighbors and friends where they really work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shark Attacks] Reference

Some candidates are feared and respected by their staffs, but they are very rarely liked after a few grueling months on the campaign trail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sit Back, Relax, Get Ready to Rumble] Reference