But across the country, conservatives are hailing Mr. Fernandez's opponents as a populist movement aimed at wresting power from an unresponsive bureaucracy.

Richard Nixon repeatedly expressed his exasperation at having to work with an unresponsive bureaucracy.

That need is somehow to convince the still unresponsive bureaucracy to give him the Soviet exit visa he needs to get to the airplane gate.

Senator Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee, described it as "a huge, unresponsive bureaucracy."

But local officials, students and others familiar with the test argue that the problem is more severe: an unresponsive bureaucracy that refuses to address a shortage of slots.

A logical beginning would be the prompt approval of a new plan to overhaul its unwieldy, unresponsive bureaucracy.

The United Nations is more active but is still hampered by political disagreements, budgetary constraints and an unresponsive bureaucracy.

By 1950, he had finished "The Consul," a tale of political outcasts in Europe pitted against an unresponsive bureaucracy.

"My goal is to replace a large and often unresponsive bureaucracy with community-based organizations that have meaningful relationships and ties to their community," he said.

One small group, the Association of Professional Educators, fought the unionization drive, arguing that teachers were professionals and that unions were unresponsive bureaucracies for blue-collar workers.