Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Less partisan critics of the political preachers make similar points. Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, head of the American Jewish Committee, charges that the conservative evangelicals are trying to impose a "religious test" on public officials, which is forbidden by Article VI of the Constitution. The Catholic Jesuit weekly America claims that the right-wing evangelicals are preaching "moral fascism...
...first flush of Iraq's attack on Iran two weeks ago, the other Arab states were rooting for an Iraqi victory, almost like so many partisan soccer fans. Once again Arab legions were marching off to war, this time not against Israel but against the Persians, who, though Muslims, are ancient foes of the Arabs. The prospect of a quick and decisive victory seemed at hand, and happy Arab throngs gathered at bazaars, coffee houses and street corners to listen to radio reports of Iraqi triumphs and cheer on their Arab brothers...
Ronald Reagan is the worst presidential candidate because he wants to bring more government into people's lives, Libertarian Party presidential candidate Ed Clark told a partisan local audience last night...
Pathé was tried last May, but for the most part his writing was not examined in court. Compared with the normal stream of invective and accusations running through France's hyperactive partisan press, Pathé's personal editorializing seemed tame indeed. As one French intelligence officer acknowledges, "If the court had only ruled on what Pathé wrote, he would not have been condemned...
...chances. The committee, at least the second of its kind, insisted that its membership spanned a wide ideological spectrum and that its function was more educational than political. Several prominent figures on it, however, are longtime Democratic Party supporters, and it risks being viewed as just another partisan organization. Nevertheless, its formation points up how important the judicial issue has become in the presidential race...