Word: wing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vellucci, a veteran political leader who often votes with the council's liberal wing but who refuses to run on the CCA slate, is in the middle...
...most powerful influence that cemented Khomeini's hold on his country is the spirit of Shi'ism?the branch of Islam to which 93% of Iran's 35.2 million people belong. In contrast to the dominant Sunni wing of Islam, Shi'ism emphasizes martyrdom; thus many Iranians are receptive to Khomeini's speeches about what a "joy" and "honor" it would be to die in a war with the U.S. Beyond that, Shi'ism allows for the presence of an intermediary between God and man. Originally, the mediators were twelve imams, who Shi'ites believe were the rightful successors...
...Congress, Anderson is known as a "political snail darter," meaning most definitely an endangered species. He represents the rapidly dwindling liberal wing of the G.O.P. that once produced such national figures as Dwight Eisenhower and Nelson Rockefeller. Today the leading contenders for the G.O.P. nomination are all from the conservative spectrum of the party. Anderson is the only candidate offering a notable dissent. "He wants to make one awful cry to pierce the gray," says a leading G.O.P. Congressman...
...Afghanistan's new Soviet-sponsored strongman, Babrak Karmal, toppling governments is old hat. In 1973, as parliamentary leader of the pro-Moscow Parcham wing of the Communist People's Democratic Party, he helped to plot the overthrow of King Mohammed Zahir Shah by Mohammed Daoud. Five years later, he blithely joined in the subsequent plot that ousted Daoud's regime. For that purpose, Karmal had aligned himself with his bitter political rival, Noor Mohammed Taraki, leader of the more radical Khalq faction of the P.D.P., who set himself up as President. But the alliance between...