In spite of strenuous effort, Mr Heath remained less popular in the country than the party he led and unbeloved by his own rank-and-file. |
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If he can transcend special interests, then he can win primaries in his own party by appealing to moderate rank-and-file voters. |
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They were mistrustful of the old labor hierarchy that had lost the power and will to improve the lives of rank-and-file dockers and sailors. |
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Against that, there is a big swell of support for Forsyth among the rank-and-file professionals on the Tour. |
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The purpose of modernisation is to flatten the pyramid, to push power downwards and re-enfranchise the rank-and-file. |
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The firearms officer is being represented by the Scottish Police Federation, which acts on behalf of rank-and-file police. |
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All of that has created a huge vacuum between them and the rank-and-file members. |
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And he's now basically a rank-and-file member who has a lot of friends and will still have influence. |
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Most people in the church are rank-and-file members who do little more than attend worship services. |
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Until now I have discussed evangelical leaders rather than rank-and-file members. |
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Clearly energy must be put into renewing and broadening connections between rank-and-file members. |
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It remains to be seen whether the Institute's rank-and-file members support the policy. |
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Both have advisory boards, individual donors and websites, but no rank-and-file members. |
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Since then, Johnston has been a rank-and-file member and is still active in the union as a shop steward. |
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The rank-and-file member who's not inside the leadership is dependent on those leaders to lead. |
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He wants to win friends on the Labour back benches and among the party rank-and-file by appearing to be the champion of the poor. |
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He favors chatrooms, even unmoderated, as a space for rank-and-file members to express themselves. |
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The anti-union offensive aims at driving down the rank-and-file workers, both unionized and non-unionized. |
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Members of the clergy occupy a central position in the lives of rank-and-file church members. |
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Their example was followed by a considerable number of the rank-and-file oppositionists. |
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For rank-and-file Democrats, reformers and Republicans were kissing cousins. |
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But if you're talking to make-up artists or gaffers or other rank-and-file workers in the industry, the values are much more traditional. |
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Whoever wins the election, greater rank-and-file organization will be the key to rebuilding a fighting union. |
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Luxury goods are not consumed by the poor or rank-and-file office workers, they can only be purchased by the wealthy. |
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They react antagonistically to any demand from the rank-and-file for democracy and accountability. |
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One of the goals of our mobilization work is to engage the rank-and-file membership. |
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The oil magnates are not rank-and-file capitalists, not ordinary bourgeoisie. |
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Mr Davis, who is married and has three children, would start as a relative unknown among rank-and-file party members. |
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This is the question many rank-and-file unionists often ask when their union leaderships sell their members short. |
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As a result, those who occupy these roles may garner more support than rank-and-file church members. |
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Detainees in Afghanistan and Guantanamo include many senior al-Qaida and Taliban operatives and leaders, in addition to rank-and-file jihadists who took up arms against the United States. |
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The ex-chief retained the loyalty of the rank-and-file, however, and the result was a successor who would find his own directives being countermanded by his predecessor. |
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This provoked an explosion of anger by rank-and-file workers. |
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I believe that a modest increase is justifiable, especially for long-serving rank-and-file employees. |
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I did not paint my Eldar tanks as I would have treated a rank-and-file trooper or a character. |
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He was widely loathed by rank-and-file members of the fire department. |
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The rank-and-file Democrats are getting their say, too. |
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Motasim said rank-and-file insurgents are less gung-ho. |
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Mr. Gelowicz was no rank-and-file trainee. |
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A rank-and-file union member discussing his economic plight. |
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Recent surveys of court rulings suggest that employers may be required to provide 50 or more weeks notice to long-serving rank-and-file workers, and 80 or more weeks to those higher in the corporate hierarchy. |
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Indeed, some rank-and-file soldiers have talked of their confusion about receiving instructions to find new recruits, but at the same time being told not to recruit children. |
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Most recently a group of rank-and-file flight attendants have embarked on a campaign to decertify the Teamsters and establish an independent union. |
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Of course you can rest assured that on that occasion was not forgotten the rank-and-file for whom the portion of Malaysian sago was being decreased by one decagram per man. |
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Yet such an about-face seems unlikely, at least according to one rank-and-file Brotherhood member. |
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Asked what kind of support he got from rank-and-file Democrats, he paused before replying with a hearty laugh. |
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Boehner has no sense of imperium, and no apparent ability to threaten or intimidate rank-and-file members into falling in line. |
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A new poll shows how the wingnut fringe is morphing into rank-and-file Republicanism. |
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There are no sinecures in the new business enterprise,either for rank-and-file employees, supervisors or technicians-the supposed beneficiaries of the new knowledge economy. |
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Everyone was therefore spending the minimum amount of points in rank-and-file troopers, and usually the lowliest one so at least some regiment could look big. |
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While it may be tempting to attribute this to the notion that the Democratic party machine and rank-and-file are simply more open and accepting of women in top leadership roles, the real answer is more complex. |
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As anyone might guess, leaders of targeted groups are more likely to be watched closely than are rank-and-file members who, in turn, are more likely to be watched closely than are sympathizers who are not members. |
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As indicated earlier, it is doubtful that the American and French statements have made much of an impact on the attitudes of the bishops in those countries, not to speak of the rank-and-file. |
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The higher-ups treat the rank-and-file very poorly. |
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These were rank-and-file soldiers that were kicked out of the army during the De-Baathification process. |
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Athletics instill a work ethic, discipline, competitive spirit and a desire for earned respect among the rank-and-file members of any business concern. |
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These were mostly, but not exclusively, members of the Baluba tribe and had fled the persecution of Munongo's mercenary affreux and their black rank-and-file. |
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Rank-and-file conservatives by and large do not share these extreme anti-equality, anti-abortion, anti-women attitudes. |
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