Although his position on patronage kept peace in his party, it prevented him from building a strong political base.

Recent public hearings on patronage in the Koch administration were provocative, but seriously incomplete.

He acknowledged, however, that there was little communication between the two on patronage or other governmental and political matters.

The vast majority of the officer class was still recruited in this manner based on family ties, and patronage.

They were a reforming body, eager to bring order to the royal finances and bear down on patronage.

Yet they are to an extraordinary extent dependent on governmental patronage.

Each year he spent 100,000 to 150,000 francs from his civil list allowance on art purchases or cultural patronage.

The pressure on patronage is very great, as you know.

Social advancement was thus not dependent solely on birth, patronage, good luck, or even extraordinary ability.

This had a negative effect on patronage as people found changing trains inconvenient.