Word: leftist
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...deeply split Labor Party elects a leftist unifier...
...settlement might be the refusal of the militants to obey the Iranian government and perhaps even Khomeini himself. There was also concern that Communists involved in the siege, perhaps including Soviet agents, would block any solution in order to weaken the Islamic regime and pave the way for a leftist takeover of Iran...
...sociology), Seaga, 50, spent several years in a rural part of Jamaica studying child development and also wrote a book on the island's spiritualist cults. At the age of 29 he became the youngest member of the legislature, where at the time he was considered more leftist than Manley. He held Cabinet posts in both the Labor governments that ruled from 1962 to 1972; as Finance Minister he earned a reputation as a tough administrator, especially in plugging tax loopholes. He and his wife Mitsy, a former Miss Jamaica, have three children...
...party and government made some mistakes in leadership. Sometimes our plans were not completely in accordance with practice, and some ultra-leftist ideas appeared in our development." One major error was not encouraging the production of consumer goods, another was the misuse of workers' abilities. Says Wan: "We had manpower, but we did not stress the importance of science and technology. We did not pay enough attention to the role that the intellectuals could play. Because of these defects, the ministries had too much power and the local enterprises didn't have enough. We stressed egalitarianism...
...five-week strike in protest against 14,000 layoffs. Fiat's unions accepted a compromise settlement that called for government compensation to the laid-off workers and a pledge by the company to rehire any who might still be out of jobs in 1983. Brushing off a lone leftist hawking protest leaflets at the gate, a young worker exclaimed: "Soon we'll be getting a pay packet again...