(n) prearranged quota
(n) prior consultation
(n) prepublication censorship
(n) advance training
prior training
(n) preparatory operations
measure taken in advance
doing the groundwork
(n) accessory before the fact
(n) (comp) precondition
(n) advance notification
(n) advance report
advance notification
(n,adj-no) antedating
(n) ex-ante analysis
(n) prior restraint
(v1,vi) to suffice
to serve the purpose
to be satisfied
(n) slavish submission to power
sycophancy
flunkeyism
toadyism
(n) admiration of the powerful
(n) worship of the powerful
(n) like something strange
(n) business machine(ry)
(n) head of the secretariat
(n) clerical work
(n) permanent vice-president
undersecretary
vice-minister
(P)
(n) acting director
(n) paperwork
(n) secretariat-general
(n) secretary-general
director
(n) chief secretary
(n) officials in charge
(P)
(n) office supplies
stationery
(n) worried look
troubled face
(n) facts being beyond dispute
logic being indisputable