Word: partisanship
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...been written by lawyers willing to take unpopular clients. To be sure, the Journal concedes, the profession has preferred wealthy and successful clients. But now that more and more lawyers are forsaking that predilection in order to defend the poor and the scorned, the Journal suggests, Kunstler's partisanship is both old-fashioned and shortsighted...
...Carl Albert signaled the Democratic assault on the G.O.P. with a coordinated blast at Nixon's economic policies. Nixon, they said, should call a national conference to extricate the country from its "economic morass." The attractiveness of the economic issue is obvious. One can be accused of excessive partisanship for criticizing the President's foreign policy. To attack the Administration for provoking domestic unrest is to risk a backlash from those weary of dissent. Appealing to the voters' bankbook is never dangerous. The President understands this well. He believes one of the reasons he lost...
...those proxies. "The project is using General Motors as a means through which it can challenge the entire system of corporate management in the United States," declared Chairman Roche in a statement mailed to shareholders. The corporation claimed that any new directors representing "special interests" would introduce "partisanship" to the board. As for forming a special shareholders' committee, the corporation contended that it "would do serious damage to General Motors and to its stockholders and to the general public," because it would be "structured for harassment and publicity." G.M. also sent every shareholder a 2-1 -page booklet defending...
...Slater's sharpest points is that, in time of partisanship and political transition, the moderate center becomes an embarrassing position. Instead of serving as a meeting ground for extremes, it turns into a no man's land, where men and ideas are caught in a withering crossfire. Yet it is precisely in a time of transition that all the qualities usually associated with the center−patience, good temper, a skeptical willingness to wait and see−become more valuable because they are so scarce...
...mainly the treatment of political dissidents by police and the courts. They vaguely hoped that the university could apply pressure to ensure a fair trial. There was no effort to endorse the Panthers' political beliefs or tactics, though the notion of an indefinite moratorium on classwork was exaggerated partisanship, considering the larger problems facing...