Sentence examples for a bastion of intelligence from inspiring English sources

One of the first acts of the 24-hour government that took over right after Ben Ali was toppled and that preceded the current one, was the abolition of the maligned Ministry of Information, long considered a ministry of disinformation and a bastion of intelligence officers.

The panel, usually a bastion of support for the intelligence agencies on Capitol Hill, featured sharp questioning and internal disagreement over surveillance and the CIA's former torture programs.

Of the top eight newspapers by circulation in the U.S., number two is USA Today, number five is the San Jose Mercury News, and numbers seven and eight are the Daily News and New York Post -- none being the bastion of intelligence or sophistication.

Still, Mayfair is a bastion of tradition.

Its treasury is a bastion of rectitude.

This is not a bastion of enlightenment.

Carlyle is a bastion of political refugees.

"Iran is now a bastion of stability.

Television is a bastion of tradition.

Reims is a bastion of French tradition.

Sadly, Northern Ireland remains a bastion of homophobia.