Word: rifts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...raise money and donate it to candidates. It was led by a From and Joe Lieberman protege named Simon Rosenberg who, at age 40, is a generation younger than From and markedly less combative. Until this year, the ndn was regarded, accurately, as a DLC clone. But a serious rift has opened between the two groups. "There's a debate in the New Democratic world about where we are going," Rosenberg told me diplomatically. "And if it's true that the ndn and DLC are no longer 100% aligned, it's a sign of health and maturity...
...switch in attorneys and approach can be traced, sources tell TIME, to a rift in the family and the growing influence of Michael's younger brother Randy, 42, who has supplanted Jermaine as the brother most involved in the case. "Randy's got his ear right now," says a knowledgeable source. The brothers have been at odds before. When Jermaine left the Jacksons temporarily in 1975, Randy replaced him; years later, they had a tiff when Jermaine threatened to withdraw from a 2001 reunion concert. People close to the family see Randy as a more stabilizing influence than Jermaine...
Gates also says that the department’s rift with Summers is a thing of the past...
...nothing of polls, remind him his closeness to Bush is a political albatross. But Blair continues to believe that retaining private influence with Bush simply demands the discipline of no public criticism, even if he looks weak as a result. "If he were now to suggest the slightest rift with the White House, the story would be monumental," says a former senior diplomat. "He is really hostage to his relationship with Bush." Blair's decision on sending the extra troops is expected next week...
...emotive expression. Where “Prologue,” formerly known as “Nothing But An ‘E’ Thing,” pulses with woodwinds, the reconstruction of “All Things Reconsidered” from Phish’s album Rift whines with strings...