Word: partisans
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...blessed Bono with a beautiful voice and a beautiful soul. He is not another misinformed celebrity with a cause. He has done his homework, made friends on both sides of the partisan divide in Washington and worked to bring hope to those in despair. I would ask anyone who dismisses him as a pompous rock star, What have you done to help those plagued by poverty and disease...
...When opposites attract" demonstrates to partisan politicians that there are at least two political personalities, former Presidents Bush and Clinton, who can work together on a wide range of issues for the common good. Those two exhibited mutual respect, unselfish behavior, kindly affection and dignified civility rarely seen in or out of government. They give an impressive example of comity in a realm in which divisiveness and partisanship rule on many fronts...
...Schwarzenegger has shown a talent for speaking directly to voters over the perpetual partisan hum and appealing to their frustration about California's gerrymandered political system, which only two years ago returned to power every single state legislator. When those same politicians balked at his early efforts to balance the $80 billion budget, he put on a golf shirt and a leather jacket and made his populist case in California's open-air shopping malls. There was some of that same Reaganesque flair in his State of the State speech last week, as he invoked the tradition of Californians dreaming...
...Italian Communist resistance fighter credited with arresting Mussolini as the Fascist dictator tried to flee Italy in the final days of World War II; in Vercelli, Italy. As the Nazis retreated in April 1945, Lazzaro spotted Mussolini disguised as a German soldier in a convoy that he and fellow partisan fighters had stopped on a road near the village of Dongo. Mussolini was executed the next...
...mistake was that the Administration did not have a plan for the war. The solution lies not in an immediate withdrawal or obstinate repetitions of "staying the course" but in acknowledging the situation on the ground, establishing goals and formulating a plan based on reality to achieve those goals. Partisan politics must be put aside and all consideration given to the troops risking their lives. Uzor C. Ogbu Rotterdam, the Netherlands...