Station Chief is a term for certain officials who are appointed as chief of a 'station', i.e. a stationary post, usually in a foreign or unexplored land.
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Famous quotes containing the words station and/or chief:
“It was evident that the same foolish respect was not here claimed for mere wealth and station that is in many parts of New England; yet some of them were the “first people,” as they are called, of the various towns through which we passed.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.”
—Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)