Word: loyalism
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...veterinarian beat '96 loser Tom Strickland in a bitter rematch. Their nasty tone drove loyal partisans to the polls but kept independents home. It hurt Strickland--Republicans outnumber Democrats in this state...
...years after being appointed to succeed her late husband, Jean Carnahan lost to Talent, who made an issue of who would be more loyal to the President as he continues the war on terrorism. Talent won--by just 1% of the 1,867,432 votes...
...wrongdoers--the intelligence chiefs of Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif--are tough characters whom the U.S. has used as proxies in the war against al-Qaeda. U.S. policy had been to avoid involvement in what it calls "green on green" fighting in Afghanistan: conflicts between militias at least theoretically loyal to the new government. But lately U.N. officials in Afghanistan say they have witnessed a sea change in the American attitude. The new stance was illustrated most vividly last month when U.S. paratroopers seized an enormous cache of weapons and ammo--42 truckloads full--belonging to Pacha Khan Zadran...
Paul Burrell, former butler to Princess Diana, took umbrage when he was charged with stealing hundreds of her personal items with the intention of profiting from their sale. He insisted he was merely safeguarding her image by keeping the belongings in his loyal hands. Now that he's been acquitted of the charges after the Queen stepped in to defend him, Burrell is profiting not from Diana's belongings but from her life story. The tabloid Daily Mirror has paid him a reported $400,000 for exclusive details of Diana's life, and he is singing like a canary, claiming...
...cronies that it appears the Party's ballyhooed transition to a younger generation of leaders has effectively been thwarted. Jiang even engineered an expansion of the Standing Committee from seven to nine members, presumably so he could get his right-hand man, Zeng Qinghong, and unpopular but loyal apparatchiks Jia Qinglin and Huang Ju into his postretirement support network...