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There were handshakes and smiles and a good deal of respectful listening, but ultimately no change in well-entrenched positions.

At my last position in Corporate America, I was on the receiving end of a bully executive who was well entrenched with our CEO.

Reforms that have transformed India's economic prospects were well-entrenched, he said.

This isn't entirely surprising, as the various remote procedure call (RPC) systems in use in operating systems are pretty well entrenched.

Why? Disclosure itself may not be enough considering the well-entrenched forms of human thinking we're dealing with.

The Illuminati is too well entrenched to be removed by Earth human actions alone.

First, ATM to the desktop lost favor because Ethernet and Fast Ethernet were already well-entrenched in desktop connections.

Over 360, 000 people have fled NWFP's Swat valley, where the army is pounding well-entrenched Taliban militants from the air.

Ubiquitous and well entrenched as mobile phones may be, some potential uses have yet to catch on in a big way.

Microsoft's Exchange servers are pricey, but they're also well-entrenched in big businesses.

There are no means to uproot so well entrenched a financial network.

Sadly these are numerous and well-entrenched, flowing from Italy's tradition of corporatism and low competition.

But China's thrift is well entrenched.

S leadership is well entrenched in many of the world's most important institutions.

A Well Entrenched Reverie in Contemporary Television of a Small Latin American Country