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Only a very few of the courts seem to have terrorist leanings.

Always you learn and then teach what you know, how better to understand your leanings?

It is true that Catholic politicians face hard questioning: Ruth Kelly, a former education secretary, was criticised for her Roman leanings.

While you may be comfortable divulging your political leanings, some of your colleagues will not be.

Thus, the Smurfs seem to reflect more the spirit of an era than Peyo's political leanings.

But a government with liberal leanings is more likely to keep Germany vigorous as it ages, and is what Ms Merkel says she wants.

All of that sounded reasonable at the time and conformed to my liberal political leanings, so I have run the company that way since then.

You don't have to be able to write a graduate thesis on their work, but you should be a wee bit familiar with their thoughts and leanings.

I hated rough-and-tumble boys' games and preferred knitting, but I had no idea my feminine leanings were down to genetics.

Students of literature and history, may have stronger intellectual leanings, often study religion as an intellectual pursuit.

While Kolesnikov drifted off, the Twittering masses of Russia were either euphoric or in despair, depending on their political leanings.

The response of many, notably environmentalists and people with socialist leanings, is to welcome such conflicts.

Fath's parents tried to curb his artistic leanings and sent him to business school, where he studied bookkeeping.

Each ardent chooses a philosophy that seems the most powerful th her, personally, based on her experience and mental and emotional leanings.

This prolific poet expressed his political and mystical leanings in the vivid imagery of his verse.

Even The Nation, a generally liberal magazine, warned its readers against "certain political leanings" of the author.

to the numberless activists with theories about the president's socialist leanings or America's imminent bankruptcy.

In a region with American leanings, China wants to bind its neighbours into an economic sphere with strategic weight.

When it comes to the birthday girl , few interests and leanings have declared themselves as yet, apart from a huge capacity for good cheer .

VIRGO: The Virgoan has difficulties with your sexual leanings. You will bore easily and move on to more passionate partners.

More than the party's mildly religious leanings, Ennahda's attraction lies in its reputation for honesty.

Much of the art in the biennial tended to whisper rather than shout its democratic leanings.

Of the two likely nominees this year, Obama is closest to Carter in background and policy leanings.

The enlightened gentry are individual landlords and rich peasants with democratic leanings.

Its rivals hope it will be a one-hit wonder, and think its business leanings will, in time, alienate the public.

Yet, according to opinion polls, even those who say that they are independents normally have partisan leanings toward one party or another.

Critics who accuse the government of having reverted to its old socialist leanings of the 1970s are plainly wrong.

They are not the hardcore bands talking about perseverance or the punk bands with leftist leanings.

We make arguments for personal and intellectual reasons based on our experience, desires, and ideological leanings.

Monday saw an outcry from politicians and journalists of all political leanings.

Such utopian leanings have sometimes led advocates to push too far too fast.

Have you considered whether you'd like a program that's more conservative or liberal in its political or economic leanings?

Will we eventually surf a Web that displays only blogs that conform to our political leanings?

Castro plays Mario, a morgue attendee whose lover's family are arrested for their Communist leanings.

While at school, a job at a jazz club inspired her more soul-oriented leanings and she began writing songs.

That is why the Democrats who supported the bailout were not being inconsistent with their leftist leanings.

They may have strong leanings one way or the other, but they remain indecisive about what's most important to them.

For now, people of all political leanings are urging Macau and Hong Kong to patch things up on their own.