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After a political tease that's lasted several weeks, Donald Trump finally decided he was not ready to leave the private sector.

A former European finance minister reminded me that, from a political perspective, there is nothing in it for a rational politician.

He found himself in the middle of a political power struggle between the Jedi Council and the Chancellor.

I believe it was definitely a political story, in the best sense of the word.

"What seems to be happening in Asia is an economic process that might become a political one, " Mr Hohensee said.

But just because investing in railways is seen by bankers as something of a political task does not mean they are throwing their money away.

If I tell these people to write books of a political nature, they might be very unhappy and think they were being restricted.

Even attending a convention can be seen as something of a political liability for politicians running against the partisan tide.

This was no suicide, Malawians swiftly concluded, but a political assassination.

They expressed regret that it had become "a political vehicle" and hence "not appropriate" .

I remembered one of his lessons one night when I was ready to quit a political campaign I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.

In Germany, there had once been a political promise in culture that had not been fulfilled.

Barack Obama said the idea of a tax "holiday" was a political trick that would save little and could hurt road projects.

As critics have alleged, Mr Romney is something of a political weathervane.

But HGTV is hardly the only network trying to figure out how the recession and a political shift have changed America.

Michael Kinsley once defined a political gaffe as the moment "when a politician tells the truth" and is embarrassed by it.

But I knew I could not trust him, there was always the possibility that he was a political swindler.

They have seen considerably less of that on the economy than health care, and for that, they are paying a political price.

Indeed, he had the advantage of scripting it as the father of the Soviet H-bomb, dissident and a political prisoner.

Political analysts predict Turkey will be thrown into a political and economic turmoil if the court orders the party to be disbanded.

"It should not be a political issue, but one of good science and good ethics, " he said.

The hijab is now so popular, in many places where it is not compulsory, that it is no longer much of a political statement.

Five years of strenuous attempts by the Thai establishment to destroy Thaksin Shinawatra as a political force have come to naught.

Modern China is still in the age of a political power changing in succession, the economy felled behind, the multicultural bumping.

However, all the Manchurians received in a political way from the Kuomintang was one-party rule, military law and the secret police.

I said the other night, and I'll repeat now: this is not a political issue.

I figure if somebody's dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they're gonna have to take what they get.

"There is going to be a political consequence of all this. The banks will now be under a lot more moral pressure to lend, " he said.

Protecting the environment is often portrayed as a political red herring that undercuts how competitive American business can be.

Mr. Summers was something of a political lightning rod with the left, but Mr. Obama wanted to keep his campaign economic adviser close.

He is a political insider who should have a bright future ahead of him in Russia's booming economy.

Gandhi was much more than a clever lawyer, a fine speaker, a determined fighter for human rights and a political leader.

refers to a political issue or debate considered to be of importance only to political insider and of little interest to the general public.

He also failed to turn up for a political debate, blaming Hurricane Irene. Mr Turner, who had been evacuated from his home, was ready.

Just how much of a political outsider Mr Huang really is has become an important issue.

A few voices protested: wasn't the home secretary stifling the group's right to say unpopular things in hopes of a political boost?

He knew that there was a moment when a political crisis became unmanageable; at that point, he, too, would be merely a spectator to history.

I'm not a political strategist and, besides, not even the political strategists can be sure about this sort of thing.

Foot continued to press for a political solution, but agreed to call in MI5 as the situation was rapidly deteriorating.

President Lugo decided to abandon the church for a political career two years ago, much to the displeasure of the Vatican.

At conference end, she was more upbeat, recognizing a political will she said was not there before.

It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run.

Luckily they know it would be a political disaster to smoke in public as it would set a bad example for the kiddies.

It doesnt take a political rocket scientist to see that this isnt a far-fetched scenario, but timing is everything.

But it also has a political class focused on addressing its real problems, as well as a mountain of savings with which to do so (unlike us).

Less is said about Pakistani anger that the U. S. invaded their territory to carry out a political assassination.

"So we see no point in joining such a political process, but the only option available is the continuation of armed struggle, " he said.

As a publicly listed company, Statoil was not a political entity like some other national oil companies, he said.

As a boy growing up in Massachusetts in the 1960s, Grover Norquist claims to have had a political epiphany.

He said: "The constitution is quite clear on this, but this process is now a political game run by the international community. "

"It's a change in protocol, but now he'll be expected to live up to it and stop being such a political busybody, " said Mr. Yao.

Mr Perry's comments could rebound on him in a political climate deeply suspicious about Chinese efforts to gain access to US technology.

I'm writing a political satire about him at the moment, actually. It's called Yang in Disguise.

All this explains why Berlusconi's libertine reputation isn't a political impediment, as it would be in the United States.

It was a political reality Mr. Obama seemed to recognize the moment he took the stage.

He said the committee set up to discuss the conflict was considering all possible options in favour of a political solution.

American and Sudanese officials say they do not know whether the attack was a random criminal act or had a political motive.

But it took a Hungarian politician to turn a logical conundrum into a political strategy.

Fewer Indians and Coloureds have been showing up to vote, indicating that many have not found a political home.

Well, maybe the idea was that the parties would compromise out of fear that there would be a political price for seeming intransigent.

That said, the war is clearly receding as a political issue, just as concerns about recession are growing.

Bush himself has said he does not view the Olympics as a political event. "I view it as a sporting event, " he said earlier this year.

"The next year is going to be one of gridlock in Congress, " said Jeffrey Berry, a political science professor at Tufts University.

This is not the place for a political debate. This is a place for you to do your job and serve your tables.

Reflecting the unease in Europe, the head of Germany's industry association, said he feared Chinese help could "come at a political cost" .

Tomas Lebeda, a political scientist in Prague, says this may go on for a year.

Do they distort the record of the past to produce a dramatic story or to promote a political point of view?

Europeans do not seriously contemplate a political union along the lines of that of the United States with a popularly-elected president.

"In principle there was a political consensus during the campaign to charge a windfall profits tax on miners, " he said.

Rural policymaking has been further complicated by operating within a political system more complex than that of any other modern democracy.

America needed Europe as a political ally and a trading partner able to hold its own.

Be that as it may. If our good senator was a political sinner, he was in a fair way to expiate it by his night's penance.

But ASEAN is not prepared to cause a political controversy, despite its recent adoption of a charter that pays lip-service to human rights.

Just a week ago, most analysts and ordinary French considered Dominique Strauss-Kahn a political has-been.

Citing court documents, lawyers said the person who masterminded her slaying was a political figure living inside Russia.

And it's all too easy to see how the next president could suffer a political fate resembling that of both the elder Mr. Bush and Mr. Carter.

But analysts say such a punitive sanction would be more of a political move with a limited practical impact.

Take a political step forward, and if the electorate does not notice then take the ground gained as the starting point for the next advance.

Contention between rival camps at a political convention is often acrimonious.

I have always been a bit of a political junkie, and I still track the ups and downs of Washington through online news resources.

In contrast, the United States seems to be mired in a political stalemate that becomes more complex and confused at every turn.

So she persuaded a third man to hire her--but he wanted her to host a show on a political radio station.

against a political regime that they felt was insular, arbitrary, and corrupt, and that did not allow them adequate voice.

It was instinct that helped F. D. R. find his way through a political labyrinth that was navigable by neither intellect nor principle alone.

Bill was the company's biggest individual shareholder, so his being there carried a political message as well.

In the face of this uncertainty, the decision about whether or not to limit their use is then a political decision, not a scientific one.

So as typical of a political scandal, a political sex scandal even, the question of hypocrisy comes into play.

"In Poland, people tend not to listen to those who mistake the priest's pulpit for a speaker's platform at a political rally, " he said.

Here, I would like to tell about a political tactic that possibly has never been tried before by any army in the world.

Now, at a train station in communist East Germany, he learns that his mother died while he languished as a political prisoner.

And I remembered a quote Michelle had given to a reporter during the campaign, when he'd asked her what it was like being a political wife.

He received so much criticism here in England, as if he is a political traitor, talking to both parties.

Kim Dae-jung, South Korea's former leftist president who died yesterday at the age of 85, was a political brawler right to the finish.

Nelson Mandela has been a lawyer and a freedom fighter. A political prisoner, peacemaker and president.

It leads the enemy to surround himself with noncombatants to be used as a political shield against our fires.

Nuland said Kerry is ready to work with Lavrov to encourage all Syrians to begin a political transition.

So such a ruling would be a political nightmare, but need not be a death blow to reform itself.

In turn, the McCain campaign accused Obama of turning the critical White House meeting into a political shouting match.

Katzman adds that those reformists who were allowed to run did comparatively well, and could still emerge as a political force next year.

I felt I had to be able to provide something for the organization other than a political science and psychology degree.

Markets continued to gyrate amid fears of a euro-zone meltdown and rumours of a political solution.

Darren Cooper, a senior economist at the International Grains Council in London, said: "Rice is obviously a political commodity in Asia. "

But I knew I couldn't trust him. There was the possibility that he was a political swindler.

Since he was only worried about my own, and accompanied me to flee the coming of a political marriage.

The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, mother of three wasn't trying to make a political statement.

Algeria and the U. S. are working to bring moderates among the northern rebels into a political solution.

The marriage was more or less a political arrangement among the aristocrats. There were around 4500 guests at the wedding.

The leading character is a sharpshooter, involved into a political intrigue of murdering the president and became the scapegoat.

But he said he was told: "This is a political issue. You have no other choice. "

Kirill Rogov, a political observer, has argued that this is now a courtroom where the prosecutors, not Mr Khodorkovsky, are on trial.

But unless the renminbi is allowed to find its own level , it risks becoming even more of a political flashpoint than it already is .

As a political party they are trying to effect a change in the way that we think about our environment.

Again, environmental pressures were cited, but there may also have been a political motive.

Financial regulations do not result from a technocratic exercise, but are primarily the outcome of a political process.

But I knew I couldn't trust him. There was always the possibility that he was a political swindler.

Apart from its passionate call for equity and social justice, Health for All also launched a political struggle on at least three fronts.

Papandreou, for his part, said relations between the two countries were "excellent" on both a commercial and a political level.

For this we need not so much a political as an intellectual revolution, namely the overthrow of the balanced budget fetish.

He must feel like a political dinosaur at a time when the Democrats control Congress and have a good shot at the White House next year .

That public spending must grow eternally appeared to have become a political orthodoxy.

Land reform needed to stimulate industrialization has been a political nonstarter. And malnutrition remains widespread.

It is often good business to play ball with a political machine .

A political street fighter, by his own account, he has often taken on his opponents through ruinous libel suits.

The first couple have tried to turn the case into a political battle along class lines.

It defines the crime in terms of acts by a political or military leader against another state in violation of the United Nations Charter.

He had neglected to elaborate a political system by which the observation of his law of nature would be effectively guaranteed.

Others have withheld payments as a way to exert pressure on the UN or to make a political point.

Buckley persuaded Reagan that he needed me for a speechwriter, even though I had never written a political speech.

As the UNFCCC's de Boer said, however, Copenhagen could still turn out to be a political triumph.

But from a political point of view, it is harder to see how these missteps could have been avoided.

Richard Boyd Barrett is a political activist with the Ireland-based group People Before Profit. He said Mr. Cowen should go now.

In addition, as a former independent running for the small Green Party, Mr Mockus lacked a political machine to get out the vote.

Neither of these are connected directly to Than Shwe and don't enlighten us about him as a political figure.

That will surely create a political crisis, but this would be better than the financial crisis unleashed by a failure to try.

We are fully justified to say that the Dalai Lama is not merely a religious figure but a political exile.

The U. S. , it argued, uses human rights as 'a political instrument to defame other nations' image for its own strategic interests. '

In truth, climate change is as much a political problem as it is a scientific one, and no one would argue that science is free of bias.

Also, the Ottoman Empire was a political state, like the U. S. , and not an ethnic-based stated.

But Minoru Morita, a political analyst, said the ruling party could be headed for a worse defeat than in 1998, when it won just 44 seats.

The ECB would be ill advised to go that far without a political agreement on how the eurozone should work.

Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He was an influential member of the Kuomintang (KMT).

Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, each Friday has been given a name promoting a political cause.

An instrument or a means of communication , especially a periodical issued by a political party, business firm, or other group .

Recently there was a very explosive situation that occurred, related to a political figure and sex (surprise, surprise - OK, no commentary).

In March, the NLD decided not to register as a political party for the 2010 election, saying the election would not be free and fair.

Mr. Fukuda was born into a political family, but was too modest and unassertive to be a natural politician.

The debate over financial reform, in which the G. O. P. has taken the side of the bad guys, should be a political winner for Democrats.

She had claimed that the scandal was a political concoction and that Mr Serra was "unethical and already defeated" .

Let me conclude with a political note. The main reason for reform is to serve the nation.

September 2000: Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest after attempting to leave Yangon for a political meeting.

Therefore, in adopting such a political system of countries, the legislative system and administrative system is not entirely separate.

Rather, the villain is a political system that makes the corporate tax system so easy to game.

The bank made a conscious decision to improve its relationships at a political level.

Van Natta says it is highly unusual for a president to invite a political opponent to join him on the course.

Much of that money will go towards political costumes, with an estimated 574, 000 Americans planning to dress up as a political figure.

Law exists only in a formal setting that involves the legislative, judicial, and executive arms of a political body and its system.

The international organization has shown itself to be an economic giant, a political pygmy and a military larva.

After that speech, Mr Roberts complained that the state-of-the-union message had become a "political pep rally" .

The budget in a nutshell : with an election imminent, it was even more of a political event than usual.

It became the topic of a political cartoon in The Washington Post the next day.

He says the Kyodo reporter was more interested in pursuing a political agenda than accurately reflecting his comments.

Eg; He is something of a political chamelion.

He is something of a political chameleon.

This can be a problem when an investor is contracting with a political subdivision or even an agency of the state.

He says it is highly unusual for a president to invite a political opponent to join him on the golf links.

The Democrats' new strength in Congress means that in the absence of a political bombshell her confirmation should not be in doubt.

Beijing's efforts to save peripheral European economies may be as much a commercial as a political speculation.

Palin has been a political lightening rod since she was chosen as Republican nominee John McCain's running mate in 2008.

I don't want to get involved in a political debate but I think it is normal we back him in his campaign.

Military reinforcement, she said, would now be accompanied by a political surge.

Koichi Nakano, a political scientist, says the electoral arithmetic suggests this situation could last for another five years at least.

And there is a direct connection between the violence you are seeing, and the failure to reach a political accommodation, " he said. "

But the president has been a political animal all her life.

Roberts is not entirely wrong to allege that Gandhi was "a political incompetent, and a fanatical faddist. "

That will require a political settlement in which the government of Sri Lanka seems to have little interest.

Her sensible bottom line when I ask her if being a woman has been a political disadvantage?

Leaders in Pakistan were haunted by the apparent end of a political dynasty that had shaped their politics for three decades.

If China is found to be manipulating its currency, it could be a political and economic challenge for the Obama administration.

Swanning off to his chateau in France was the act of a political clodhopper.

He was rapidly becoming a political liability for his father, whose sights have clearly been set on the White House for some time.

Involvement in the activities of the WHO 'isn't just a political issue, it's a human rights issue, ' Ma said.

Modern dictators are attempting the impossible when they try to produce a political art.

But the new parliament will remain tightly controlled by the same military that has turned Burma into a political and economic abomination.

Historically, extremism and political violence has emerged from such a political and economic configuration.

So Ya yue lost its function as a political instrument, and its historical fate WAS to wither away as insipid "old music" .

Contrary to your article, the Government did not tell Sintercom to register as a political association.

"This isn't a solution, but a way of putting off the solution until later, " concludes Yulia Latynina, a political commentator.

That might sound like the punchline to a political joke, but for the former American vice-president it is deadly serious.

This rational pursuit of common forms was a political response to the war (despite Gropius's insistence that Bauhaus was apolitical).

Ingrid Reed, a New Jersey policy analyst, saw it as "a case-study of how compromise works in a political environment" .

Finding a political strategy to accomplish this, however, is proving to be very difficult.

Briefly out of a political job a decade ago, he trudged around China alone trying in vain to collect unpaid debts for Western firms.

Only the na? ve or those with a political agenda believe that the economic cycle can be eliminated.

A post-Gonzales DOJ would be in the hands of a nonpartisan, tough prosecutor, not a political hand.

China also recognizes North Korea's usefulness as a political bargaining chip in broader negotiations with the U. S. , Japan and others.

James Carville, a political adviser to Bill Clinton, wanted to be reincarnated as the bond market so he could "intimidate everybody" .

LECH WALESA: The situation was more than dramatic. One can change a political system overnight, but an economic system needs years.

For all that, inequality already is a political cause, though in strange and unexpected ways.

"And we may be going into a political administration where healthcare benefits are more widely available and CVS could benefit. "

It is a political process, and I think you also have to approach the more political structures of the insurgency movement.

Obama opposed to 18. 4 percent in the summer moratorium on the federal fuel tax, calling it a political stunt.

Food is a political hot potato, and accounts for a third of the basket of goods used to calculate inflation.

Technology export control which seems like an economic issue is actually a political and security issue.

In his address, he emphasized Taiwan's democratic achievements and held up the island as a political model for China.

Thus, the price of house is not only a economic issue but a political one that influence the public immediate interests.

Moreover, the Stalinist regime will not hesitate to crack down on any movement among workers that poses a political threat.

They were right to note that there are no examples of lasting currency unions that are not ultimately backed by a political union.

Republicans have held fire so far but a political brawl could well break out after Mr Obama starts to mention names.

After spending decades as the United States' sworn enemy, Libya is embarking on a political, economic and environmental change of heart.

Something had to give. In the end it was not a political deal between the warring factions but instead overwhelming force that won the day.

Due to a political squabble over immigration reform, the Senate energy and climate change bill is now on hold.

As he wrote in the FT last week, the euro was meant to be a monetary union but not a political one.

When I created the acronym, I had not expected that a political club of the leaders of the BRIC countries would be formed as a result.

There may be such a political sentiment, but they still like Japanese products, or any good products.

At least one defaulting Chinese bidder has used nonpayment to make a political point.

In modern life, communism has always been cognized as a social ideal and political belief, and has been treated as a political concept.

"There's been a political awakening among Asian Americans, " said Gene Kim, communications director with APAICS.

This structure would not rule out the possibility of a political alliance.

For local governments, 'unless they get a political signal from Beijing, they're not going to stop' building new projects, Shih said.

I held a political position, I did not participate in any of the crimes that were raised against me personally.

This used to be seen as an economic challenge. But it is also a political, social and institutional one.

He was also to " frame-up , " he said, "If I want to fight a political battle, should be clean manner. "

After the situation was brought under control, the last problem was to reach a political settlement of the South Anhui Incident.

The next day a "political work team" arrived from Chongqing, the seat of local government.

The equality of men and women is a political or moral issue; the essential difference is a scientific one.

The state-owned newspaper Time Weekly of China, of Guangzhou, bemoaned that the deal had 'evolved into a political event.

Iranian newspapers are calling it "a political epic" after a campaign of unprecedented political fervor, now this talk of a record turnout.

The paperwork is the enterprise office work is an important part of a political nature, service and technical strong work.

A third objection is that there might be a political motivation behind accrediting a greater range of abilities and attributes as skills.

But from a political standpoint, this created a problem: the solar property-tax exemption appeared to benefit a single company.

As a political principle, guarantee of human rights are established in constitutions all over the world.

There, a cack-handed attempt to break up a political rally left several dead on October 19th.

But he also said that it was not the role of television to take sides in a political conflict.

Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social CLASS derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.

IT IS sometimes said that the European Union is an economic giant but a political pygmy, with no foreign policy to speak of.

And if he beats the rap in the trial that begins tomorrow, a political career may be in the offing for the former Marine.

I didn't think such a political site would be a good money-making candidate.

Take a political ideology test online that finds the candidate or political party that matches up best with your stance on the issues.

In the political sociologist' opinions, political socialization means a process in which a man in society becomes a political man.

The ruling of a political party and party-government relation are very important factors in national political civilization.

Its main weakness was well known to its architects: it established a monetary union without a political union.

Republicans rejected it as a political stunt and made clear the proposal had little chance of becoming law.

There can be no possibility of a political or economic vision of a different society without a moral vision too.

To construct a harmonious society is a political ideal as well a value choice for the Marxist political party to chase assiduously.

John Fortier is a political expert at the American Enterprise Institute and a guest on VOA's Encounter program.

Most commentators, writers and journalists will comply in print; at best they might subtly hint that there may be a political agenda.

A poor people will never trust a government and a political system unable to deliver.

One of the top hyperdrive engineers of the Old Republic, Ashgad was also a political foe of Senator Palpatine.

And is a monetary union ultimately sustainable without a political union to back it up?

He never wrote a book, commanded an army, held a political office, or owned property.