The papers underscore Blair's quartet role as a high-level middleman, interceding with the Israelis to remove roadblocks, improve movement and access in the West Bank, seek approval for projects and co-ordinate with the US to press for the deployment of PA security forces.
That's a good model for your retirement plan, which contains mutual funds and different levels of middlemen to administer and manage it.
Products are sent elsewhere for final assembly, some passing through two or three levels of middlemen before they go abroad; there isn't any reason for a European or an American businessman to visit.
For years now the villagers have been selling mica not to companies but to low level 'munshis' or middlemen who come to their village weekly.
Couple that with an additional estimate of more than 19 million women living in these "contraceptive deserts" nationwide and it's easy to see adding these types of services could save money at the state level by removing middlemen and increasing access, as well as provide a lucrative area for Nurx and other birth control delivery apps to tap.
The messenger might be a low-level functionary or a trusted middleman.
Middlemen required some level of expertise as well as good customer service skills, ensuring that they received a decent wage in the old economy.
The kidnappers, whoever they are, have money and high-level backing: even the lower-level thugs hired by a mysterious middleman have a certain surly flair.
But mayors see it as an invaluable tool — one of the few federal programs that sends money directly to big cities, without going through the middlemen at the state level.
By splitting orders and circumventing middlemen, OrderWithMe wants to level the playing field for smaller businesses when it comes to sourcing products from factories in China.
Despite the labor intensity, yields per acre on these tiny farms run only about 75% of the U.S. level, and revenue is squeezed by numerous minor middlemen.
