Word: figureheads
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...Megawati came to power on the crest of a wave of youth rebellion. Those kids didn't really think about it; they didn't have any other figurehead, so they adopted her because she was Sukarno's daughter. That...
...shot down by police in 1998. Since then, say Philippine counter-terrorism experts, Abu Sayyaf's ties with international Islamic terrorism may have broken. At the same time, leadership of the group splintered into two main factions: the first, which is currently holding the hostages in Basilan, has a figurehead in Janjalani's younger brother, Khadaffy. But the real chief is Abu Sabaya, a former media communications student who worked in Saudi Arabia before gravitating to the Afghan training camps. A cleric familiar with the group's history says that Abu Sabaya, whose real name is Ahmad Salayudi, was banished...
...heroic notions about Colin Powell. Though Americans love to talk him up as a political godsend who can do no wrong, the hard truth is that the man has rarely, if ever, had a correct political or military instinct. That’s why Powell is largely relegated to figurehead status in this administration...
...doubt McCain will make sure to cast his shadow over the fight in the House. But dare we read into the recent emergence of fresh face John Edwards on the issue as one sign McCain could be ready to pass the campaign-finance torch and retire to figurehead status...
...time when Africa was under domination. The main objective was the liberation of the continent. The OAU did a lot for that. But the OAU had no army, no intervention forces, no money. The Union will deal with politics, economy, communications. The chairman of the OAU is just a figurehead. The president of the Union will have more power to intervene...