Word: blocs
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...disappointed with this new political apathy? MG: The youth have never, never been a large voting bloc, and there are reasons for that. They don’t get to have a full stake in society and they’re not motivated like people who have a stake. Whether you have a house, a job, or the loss of a job, it changes your whole approach. Jack Kennedy with his charisma certainly did bring out idealism in youth, and of course Hubert Humphrey probably in greater detail than did Jack Kennedy. We don’t have that situation...
...outcome of Malaysia's general election on Saturday was expected to be the usual landslide for the country's ruling political bloc. After all, for as long as the Southeast Asian nation has been independent, the National Front alliance has been in power. Even opposition leaders admitted they wouldn't win control of the federal government. Instead, most viewed the voting as a referendum on the leadership of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, whose popularity has been hurt by higher living costs and rising racial tensions in this multiethnic nation...
...Dictatorships need isolation if they hope to resist freedom's onslaught. Fidel Castro's five decades in power were less the product of brilliance and charisma than of U.S.-enforced isolation. Uncle Sam's embargo provided Castro with the shield he needed to survive the demise of the communist bloc. The embargo denied Castro nothing he couldn't buy elsewhere, while his totalitarian communist system has destroyed entrepreneurial initiative, squandered wealth on weapons and brought abject poverty to the Cuban populace. Tony Gonzalez, Weeki Wachee, Florida...
...BOTTOM LINE A shaky lending market has private loan companies rethinking whether investing in community-college students is too risky. More federally guaranteed loans could be key to helping this crucial student bloc...
SIIC has other reasons to dislike the vetoed legislation. A more powerful central government, as set out in the Provincial Powers law, would further benefit Sadr's bloc, which has its power base in central Iraq around Baghdad. SIIC's strength lies in Iraq's oil-rich southern provinces; thus a looser federation, with maximum autonomy for the regions, benefits it most...