Word: partisans
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...American people have spoken, and they want President Bush, a man of moral and ethical integrity, to continue to lead them [Nov. 15]. Compassionate conservatives clearly won the day. In spite of two years of constant partisan attacks on the President, the electorate wasn't fooled. They know when they see a strong leader. The American people gave the President more Republicans in Congress and the largest popular vote any President has received, which amounts to a governing mandate that will create a stronger U.S.--at home and abroad...
...while Shaalan's suggestion that the IUA is an "Iranian list" smacks of partisan mudslinging - the SCIRI and Dawa, after all, participate at cabinet level in Allawi's government, and served in the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council before that - both groups are certainly closer to Tehran, where they were based during their years in exile, than they are to Washington. U.S. officials have drawn comfort from the fact that Sistani, and much of the Iraqi Shiite clerical establishment, opposes the Iranian view that clerics ought to hold political power. Leaders of both SCIRI and Dawa have been somewhat ambiguous...
...recent survey conducted by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni has reignited this debate. The survey results suggest that many students at top American universities and colleges feel partisan political pressure from professors, and that those pressures more frequently come in the form of liberal ideology...
...exemption policy for non-profit organizations, educational institutions included, is long standing and has maintained bi-partisan support since its inception. The rationale is simple: non-profit organizations provide a benefit to society that more than balances the taxes that they would otherwise pay. Some non-profits, such as homeless shelters, provide direct services to individuals, which benefit the broader community. Others act more indirectly by increasing property values or bringing money to an area’s economy. Simply because Harvard is wealthy doesn’t mean that it no longer brings these benefits to the Cambridge community?...
Many students at top American universities and colleges feel partisan political pressure from professors according to a recently released survey conducted by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA...