The doge lost his monarchic character, becoming a mere official (though he still assumed resounding titles), and a commune took over the powers, functions, and prerogatives of the state.
Like many in attendance, Flynn argued that the offer of a full state visit to Trump — whom he called a "petulant child" — should be watered down to a mere official visit.
Exports have been slowing for months, and in July they edged up a mere 1 percent, official statistics this month showed.
In 1985, a young Xi Jinping, then a mere county official, visited Muscatine, Iowa, to learn about American agriculture.
Mrs Kirchner, 54, boasts that she won her first national election, as senator for the Patagonian Santa Cruz province, when her husband was a mere state official (he was the governor).
He concluded that a combination of racial indifference to the life of mere "gooks", official pressure to raise the number of "kills" and the designation of rural areas as "free-fire zones" meant that "killings of civilians were widespread, routine and directly attributable to US command policies".
Meanwhile, Jokowi's political patron, the former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who once called him a mere "party official," recently picked a fight with the popular anti-corruption committee.
Whether the dual appearance is divine providence or a mere coincidence, officials at St. Patrick's are making the most of the lineup and turning them into something of a double feature.
For instance, national security letters (NSLs) authorized under the PATRIOT Act include gag orders that prohibit recipients from disclosing the mere existence of official demands for information, much less their contours.
Mere peasants, the officials told them, should not be taking up so much important government time.
It seems like a reasonable goal, but on an island that suffers a near legendary vulnerability to natural disasters, the mere mortal park officials have limited control.
