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...that in the process, the radicals will succeed in igniting simmering ethnic and religious tensions-and mirror the divisions already apparent outside the university walls. Sectarian groups were barred from running for student-union elections earlier this year, but many simply set up parallel "committees" that carry greater clout than the elected unions. At Mustansiriya University, there are two "committees" representing Shi'ites-radical cleric al-Sadr is particularly popular-and a third is backed by Sunni students. All three routinely celebrate religious events on campus, plaster walls with posters depicting their respective religious leaders and conduct campaigns urging students...
...John Kerry threw away his military decorations and joined the anti-war movement after returning from his tour of duty. Sure, George W. Bush never saw combat, possibly because of his family’s political clout. But these kinds of assertions should never dominate in a presidential campaign, especially at the expense of the platform issues that will actually shape the administration of the victor...
...rest of the developed world. And there's more to come from al-Jazeera and its fabulously petro-rich bankroller, the government of the tiny state of Qatar. The English channel is the centerpiece of a plan to transform the company into a media powerhouse with greater clout in the Middle East and far beyond. "We are expanding to become a major international media group," al-Jazeera chairman Sheik Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani explained in a TIME interview. "The market is open. Our ambition is to be among the big broadcasters of the world...
...cunning and powerful political boss. He’s the Contreras who politicians have to please, the man who controls the money and the clout of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. He’s the man the Los Angeles Times recently compared, however subtly, to Vito Corleone. This Contreras sounds like the villain from “On the Watefront”: the quintessential union boss...
...third floor of Emerson, was held with little concrete vision for the organization. “Popular? Not at all, there was no BMF,” says Bashir Salahuddin ’98, the group’s second president. “We had zero clout on campus, but that also meant there was no one telling us what...