Word: leadership
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Iraq. The revolution in Iran has been a cause for some concern in the ruling Baath Party; its leadership is Sunni, while 52% of Iraq's 12 million people are Shi'ites. As in Iran, the mullahs have a tradition of political activism, and there have been violent clashes between religious dissidents and the regime's 125,000-man all-Sunni "popular army." Although government corruption and mismanagement of oil wealth are not major issues, General Saddam Hussein runs a tough police state: dissent is ruthlessly suppressed and Iraqi jails are said to hold thousands of political prisoners. The government...
...Iran and Iraq, the majority of Muslims are Shi'ites ("partisans" of 'Ali), who differ from the Sunnis in some of their interpretations of the Shari'a and in their understanding of Muhammad's succession. The Prophet left no generally recognized instructions on how the leadership of Islam would be settled after his death. The Sunnis believe that its leader should be nominated by representatives of the community and confirmed by a general oath of allegiance. Shi'ites contend that Muhammad's spiritual authority was passed on to his cousin...
...fact, Adam continues, "the majority leader in the House has organized sessions where the Business Roundtable comes down and sits with the party leadership to discuss legislation, present and upcoming." These meetings have "occurred under Tip O'Neill's urgings," he adds...
...dishes-three dancers who pranced about onstage wearing only G strings and nonaligned ostrich feathers. Kohl diplomatically said nothing about the surprise entree. But some other C.D.U.ers did. Harrumphed an anti-Kohlite who clearly recognized breasts and circuses when he saw them: "Bare bosoms cannot compensate for weak leadership...
First, a "compact" requires more than one party. Persons and corporations in the private sector regularly use their economic leverage to influence the activities of our universities through their decisions--either not to attend or support particular ones, or to support them for specific purposes. Corporate leadership is more sensitive than ever about the support of institutions which, in their judgement, are improperly critical of their ethical practices or "capitalistic," free enterprise premises...