Word: loyalism
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...Sitting in his garden terrace in Beirut, with just a few family members and loyal retainers, Jumblatt is quickly coming to grips with the new political landscape. "The U.S. has failed in Lebanon and they have to admit it," he said. "We have to wait and see the new rules which Hizbollah, Syria and Iran will set. They can do what they want...
...outcome of the Lebanese political crisis may have been inevitable. On Friday Hizballah-the only force ever to defeat the Israeli army - defeated forces loyal to the American-backed Lebanese government. Still, few expected that the Iranian-backed militia would triumph so quickly and so easily...
...while Obama couldn't win the support of the Daleys' political machine--he knew they would back Hynes--he shrewdly planted some political seeds. He wrote Bill Daley, a longtime Democratic wise man, saying that while it was only right for the Daleys to support a loyal friend, he hoped they would be for him if he won the primary. "I thought, that's a very smooth move," said the younger Daley, who now supports Obama for the White House...
...offensive. It remains unclear where U.S. or Iraqi troops may go into Sadr City as part of a new push. But any significant thrust by U.S. and Iraqi troops into the densely populated area is likely to bring intense resistance from guerrilla fighters of the Mahdi Army, which is loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr...
...since 1993's 12 Play came out.) Just last week, Kelly released his latest single, "Hair Braider," and this summer he's expected to unveil a still-untitled album. In 2002, many black radio stations refused to play Kelly's songs, provoking an outcry from some of his most loyal fans: young black women. Such loyalty strikes black women like Gina McCauley as bizarre. "The reason people are buying his CD is the same reason they were purchasing that DVD on street corners: When it comes to [this kind of treatment] of teenage black girls, they...