He met with some lower-level officials, but nothing is known to have come of it.

General Motors, which has led lobbying efforts against higher federal fuel economy standards, sent lower-level officials.

The crackdown initially focused on lower-level officials in the big cities.

He has left the senior officials alone and is going after lower-level officials.

But in the past, words like this have come from lower-level officials, she said.

In the case of lower-level officials, a company's chief executive was likely to choose a replacement.

Discussions on the "oil for food" program have normally been conducted in Baghdad by lower-level officials.

It is unclear whether that meeting would be among presidents and prime ministers, or lower-level officials.

Several thousand lower-level officials are also believed to be in the hands of American forces.

They left it to lower-level officials to defend him.