civil service

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Cap bearing the badge of the Indian Police Service, the highest-trained level of police officers who must pass the Indian civil service exam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part of the civil service and landed gentry—as well as their long cultural afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Carter’s administration instituted the most sweeping reforms of the civil service since 1883’s Pendleton Act, which replaced the spoils system and created a professional, merit-based system.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Insiders seem confident that extensive vetting must have been done before Dame Antonia was given the top civil service job in the Home Office.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Those who wanted to participate launched mass demonstrations and strikes, which soon spread to the Bophuthatswana civil service.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela