Word: partisans
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...DeLay addressed a Texas grand jury's charge that he and two political associates conspired to funnel $155,000 in illegal corporate campaign contributions into Texas legislative races. He called it "one of the weakest, most baseless indictments in American history" and the prosecutor who brought the case "a partisan fanatic." That night, anxious to show he's not a recluse, he introduced Rudy Giuliani at a Friends of Israel banquet. DeLay even made an uncharacteristic round of the cable shows, hinting darkly on CNN that he would soon produce "very good evidence" that his nemesis, Travis County district attorney...
...denominations more in danger of ceasing to exist. Churches that once held the sway of large percentages of the American population are now smaller than several non-Christian faiths, there is no end in sight to their membership collapse, and many are near schism because of unsolvable, usually partisan, arguments among their adherents...
...call this a compliment to women. It's men, the show is saying, who devote themselves to grandiose ideologies, and women who clean up their mess. Then again, one of the favorite arguments against women's suffrage was that the lady folk were too pure to sully themselves with partisan politics...
...parliamentary system is that instead of a President, a Prime Minister presides over government. The parliamentary system is ideal for a highly informed and involved electorate, but it carries the risk that a privileged few will prey on voter ignorance and build fiefdoms that will lead to crippling partisan backbiting. Let's build grassroots involvement before we undertake a change so hasty and bewildering. Suzanne Credo Caloocan, the Philippines...
...Senate-wide vote on Roberts’ confirmation is scheduled for next Thursday. Some Democrats on the committee said they had not decided how they would vote, and a few Republican senators attributed that behavior to partisan politics...