conservative politician

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conservative
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/us
/kənˈsɝː.və.t̬ɪv/
not usually liking or trusting change, especially ...
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politician
noun[C]
uk
/ˌpɒl.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌpɑː.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/
a member of a government or ...
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(Definition ofconservativeandpoliticianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Conservative politicians seem to spend every weekend making speeches about the problems of law and order.
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Many conservative politicians used the film to blame popular culture for a youth crime wave.
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Women's groups and conservative politicians in the state had previously criticized the proposed club accusing it of promoting vulgarity.
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It has influenced both liberal and conservative politicians.
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In particular, they will take quotes from conservative politicians that seem politically sensitive.
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Stang was born into the most prominentconservativepoliticiandynasty of his time and followed basically the drawn track for a man with his background.
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He was a socialconservativepoliticianwithin the rightist party, but had a liberal view of economics.
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He asserts that he is a family man; a specificallyconservativepoliticianwho espouses family values.
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Since theconservativepoliticianis concerned with the security and extension of his own nations power, he can not tolerate anything that jeopardizes its position.
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His political history is that of aconservativepoliticianmoving to the center ground.
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The perspective for conservative politicians was slightly different from that of the economic elites.
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These have a chance of appealing to conservative politicians, but they also are often the key to effective policy promoting the public interest.
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The results suggest that conservative politicians have been most eager to, or at least most successful in, attracting private specialists.
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Conservative politicians, however, knew what they meant by it.
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There is no question that many bureaucrats and conservative politicians are learning to talk the talk.
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Conservative politicians and vested property owners preferred rebuilding along pre-war lines.
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The neo-liberal agenda targeted many of these programs for elimination because conservative politicians claimed their weak institutional integrity bordered on patronage.
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Conservative politicians take great delight in highlighting the terrible figure for production lost.
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Others followed in their condemnation of the blasphemy laws, even conservative politicians.
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