Word: banners
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...between the unprecedented and the familiar, it is plain to see, with each passing day, all the various parts of the normally far-flung party establishment pick themselves up and then realign and reform under Obama's banner. Labor unions, interest groups, party fund raisers, national committeemen and -women, elected officials and of course the remaining superdelegates - one by one, they are moving in Obama's direction, both because the outcome is no longer in doubt and because no one wants to be the last to come on board. Party fund raisers started this process last week; others will follow...
...serving as Prime Minister for the third time, Berlusconi was greeted by a mix of reactions, from over-the-top support to deep cynicism. Near the Prefect headquarters in central Naples, where the four-hour afternoon meeting was held, was a giant banner saying Berlusconi was worthy of sainthood. But there were also organized protests of at least 10 different groups, including one citizen association that carried bags of trash with Berlusconi's picture plastered...
...decision came after a banner year. Despite starting 2007 by leaving her husband Pierre-Yves Hardenne after four years of marriage, she won 10 of the 14 events she entered, becoming the first player in women's tour history to win $5 million in a year. She is the reigning champion at the French and U.S. Opens and has won all the Grand Slams except Wimbledon...
...from Tarragona, for example, will come from newly dug wells that risk salinating local aquifers, provoking concern among that region's farmers. Members of the Peasants' Union, an agricultural syndicate, protested on Sunday against the deliveries by parking about 100 tractors in the center of the region beneath a banner reading, "The fields of Tarragona don't have a drop to spare." Even the farmers to the north of the city are suffering from the city's all-consuming thirst. "Already, some farmers in the Ter area are prohibited from irrigating because the water is needed for Barcelona," says Peasants...
...part of a broader effort by Serbia and Kosovo's Serb minority, which makes up about 10% of the population, to maintain control over the breakaway state. The defiant phrase KOSOVO IS SERBIA! has cropped up all over the place, from a tennis tournament in California (where a banner bearing those words was confiscated from Serbian fans) to the European swimming championships in the Netherlands - where a Serbian medalist was suspended for wearing the slogan on his T shirt. Hard-line nationalists in Belgrade who continue to reject Kosovo's Feb. 17 declaration of independence are poised to do well...