the men in grey suits

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men in business or politics who have a lot of power and influence although the public does not see them or know about them As usual, it is the men in grey suits who will decide the future of the industry.

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THE Westminster parties call them the men in grey suits - the senior statesmen, the so-called grandees. Salmond has divided party; RecordView by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) At this rate it won't be the men in grey suits telling Gordon to go. Our PM's rapidly losing touch with reality by Birmingham Mail (England) The men in grey suits, who usually sport such poker, expressionless faces, couldn't suppress their smiles outside the High Court. VERDICT BRINGS TEARS OF RELIEF by The Mirror (London, England)			the least can do the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing the lesser of two evils the letter of the law the life of the party The lights are on but nobody's-one's home the likes of the lion's share the lions' den the long and the short of it the long arm of the law the love of life the low man on the totem pole the lowest common denominator the lowest of the low the luck of the draw the lull before the storm the main drag the man the man in the street the man of the moment the man on the Clapham omnibus the man on the street the matter in hand the meat and potatoes the men in grey suits the men in white coats the Midas touch the middle ground the milk of human kindness the mind boggles the minute the missionary position the moment of truth the more the merrier the more the more the morning after the mot juste the mother of all the movers and shakers the moving spirit the name of the game the nature of the beast the new black the new kid on the block the nightmare-case scenario the nitty-gritty the nouveau riche the nuts and bolts the odd man out the Old Bill			The medici family The medici family The Medicines Company The medieval plague The medieval plague The medieval plague The Medieval Review The medieval Times The medieval Times the medium term the medium term the medium term the medium term the medium term The meek shall inherit the earth The Meeting Place The Meeting Place The Mega-Rotary The Mega-Rotary The Mega-Rotary The Megan Mullally Show The Meiji Restoration The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya The Mellow Bright Band The Melody Boys Quartet The Member Company The Members Group The Members Insurance Company The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Memorial Baptist Church the men in grey suits the men in white coats The Men's Club The Men's Room The Men's Room The Men's Room The Menaechmi The Mendip Hills The Mendips The Mennonite the Menorah the Menorah The Mental Health Center The Merc The Mercenaries The Mercenaries The Mercenaries The Merchant The Merchant The Merchant The Merchant of Venice The Merciful The Merciless Dead The Mercy Seat The Meridian Resource Corporation The MERLIN Project The MERLIN Project The MERLIN Project The Merrill-Crowe Process The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

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