Democratic leaders

In California, as in much of the rest of the country, the debate over health care has been difficult and divisive for years. In 2007, the Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the Democratic leaders of the legislature were working to reform... 

Democratic The democratic leader will consult others, asking them for their opinion prior to important decisions. 

The teacher or group leader should encourage discussion and once agreement has been made or a democratic vote taken the statements can be placed into ballot type boxes labelled with the four different risk levels. As a further enhancement the boxes can be coloured as follows Risk Level One - Green Level Two - Yellow Level Three - Orange Level Four - Red. 

The kind of fire they are playing with here was shown clearly by Patrick Bahners when he wrote, in reference to the verdict against the leader of the right-wing National Democratic Party of Germany,47 Gunter Deckert ... 

Ibid., p, 114. Lenin is here referring to the Social Democrats in Germany, whom he regards as far more advanced than their Russian counterparts. See also p. 116, where Lenin asserts, "No movement can be durable without a stable organization of leaders to maintain continuity. This issue was debated anew in practically every socialist movement. We see it in the writings of the Italian Communist... 

On November 9, 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II abandoned his throne and went into exile. Friedrich Ebert, the leader of the Social Democratic Party, proclaimed the end of imperial Germany and the start of a new republic. On November 11, all sides signed an armistice, and the guns went quiet. A shell-shocked continent paused to consider its losses. 

The arc of the story is the journey of the main character to disillusionment in the very cause in which he enlisted. The story begins with an aura of camaraderie in a particular militia unit. The unit is democratic, its members principled and brave. They succeed in combat. Slowly, however, the unit is fractured by orders from Moscow—a requirement to obey a central command (implied to be controlled by Moscow). Dissension among the group leads some to join the organized army, others to remain in the militia. The final confrontation occurs when Republican soldiers, commanded by a former member of the militia, order the men of the militia unit to surrender their arms and its leaders to submit to arrest and prosecution. The confrontation ends with the death of a female member of the militia. The group is disbanded, and the main character becomes a man hunted by the very forces who represent the cause he... 

Red Menace Soviet ally, totalitarian, aggressive, expansionist growing offensive capability Democratic, peace-loving, leader of free world Containment and isolation support for noncommunist Asian states defense and recognition of Taiwan nonrecognition Limit Chinese expansion and ability to threaten free world undermine communist regime... 

We, the democratically elected leaders of our people, hereby declare Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state. This declaration reflects the will of our people and it is in full accordance with the recommendations of the UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari and his Comprehensive Proposal of the Kosovo Status Settlement. 

Lack of democratic processes and unequal access to power, particularly in situations where power arises from religious or ethnic identity, and leaders are repressive or abusive of human rights. 

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