highly placed

Despite such highly placed parentage, she excelled on her own merits, proving a capable student and remarkable field agent.

used their highly placed friends to gain access to the president; felt he was being used by seekers of favor.

What cop wants the grief that comes from doing that to a city councilman, Congressman, or highly placed bureaucrat.

The word servant here can mean a highly placed official.

Already, officials highly-placed enough to know have warned that China may not make its official target of 8 percent growth in 2009.

The action is featured as front-page scandal by newspapers when a wealthy, highly placed person or a corporation is found evading the tax.

Highly placed Republic officials brought with them trained soldiers, advanced weaponry, and inside knowledge with each defection.

Highly placed government officials and corporate CEOs are examples of this.

to listen. They used their highly placed friends to gain access to the president.

When this was discovered and no redress was offered, General Bentz and other highly placed officers were taken into custody as hostages.

They hounded anyone who they thought was sabotaging the Communist Revolution, many of them highly placed members of the Communist Party.

The action is featured as front-page scandal bynewspapers when a wealthy, highly placed person or a corporation is foundevading the tax.