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"ref": "1969 January 3, “Men of the Year”, in Time",
"text": "In France, a near-revolution by students and workers came close to toppling Charles de Gaulle in May; its economic aftermath in November almost certainly discredited forever Gaullism's vaunted role as the power broker of Europe.",
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"ref": "1988, Lewis B. Ware et al., Low-Intensity Conflict in the Third World,, Air Univ. Press, page 139",
"text": "Gen Ali Murtopo—vice chairman of Indonesia's Supreme Advisory Council, former information minister, a major power broker in and out of the army—declared after a meeting with the president that the killings were justified.",
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"ref": "2007 September 16, Louise Armitstead, “Qataris to seal bid for Nasdaq’s LSE stake”, in The Sunday Times, UK",
"text": "The Qatar government, which runs the QIA, will become a major power-broker in determining the future of the London exchange.",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "權力經紀人"
},
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"roman": "quánlì jīngjìrén",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "权力经纪人"
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"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
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"word": "šedá eminence"
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"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "harmaa eminenssi"
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"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ruxi ḳardinali",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "რუხი კარდინალი"
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"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
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"word": "graue Eminenz"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
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"feminine"
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"word": "eminenza grigia"
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"alt": "くろまく",
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"roman": "kuromaku",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "黒幕"
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"word": "eminență cenușie"
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"english": "lit: grey cardinal",
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"roman": "séryj kardinál",
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"word": "се́рый кардина́л"
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"word": "влия́тельная фигу́ра"
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},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "權力經紀人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quánlì jīngjìrén",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "权力经纪人"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šedá eminence"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "harmaa eminenssi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "éminence grise"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ruxi ḳardinali",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "რუხი კარდინალი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "graue Eminenz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eminenza grigia"
},
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"alt": "くろまく",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"word": "黒幕"
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"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"tags": [
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"word": "eminență cenușie"
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"english": "lit: grey cardinal",
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"roman": "séryj kardinál",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "се́рый кардина́л"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlijátelʹnaja figúra",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "влия́тельная фигу́ра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person having the ability to influence important decisions — see also éminence grise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "siva eminencija"
}
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"word": "power broker"
}
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