the political machine in English

political system, political apparatus

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1. The oil best calculated to lubricate the political machine was the loot that it received.

2. These electoral victories represent a break-away from the political machine of which Gaius Marius was boss.

3. Some writers have suggested that they solve the problem of the powerlessness of the individual in relation to the political machine.

4. But as long as we bear these limitations in mind we can, to some extent, assess the muscle of the political machine.

5. Fewer new firms have broken into the big league since 2003 and those that have done so have tended to be good at working the political machine.

6. Bossism, in the history of the United States (particularly in the Gilded Age), is a system of political control centering about a single powerful figure (the boss) and a complex organization of lesser figures (the political machine) bound together by reciprocity in promoting financial and social self-interest.Bossism was a very large issue in the late 19th century and the early 20th