| Prevailing relations between the Americans and Chinese officialdom, including the generalissimo, were strained when I arrived. |
| Still, officialdom can get overly cautious when something majorly bad happens. |
| Eventually Russian officialdom accepted that, in terms of healthy eating, impure US chicken legs were better than no meat at all. |
| Aborigines sometimes killed straying convicts, but officialdom usually assumed they had offended in some way. |
| The retail liquor trade in New York state in those days was burdened by antiquated laws and corrupt officialdom. |
| David Hockney is outspoken, privileged by his irremovable status, in his distaste for an officialdom of art. |
