An Indians affiliation that began with Radinsky's final major league pitches in 2001 had suddenly ended.
It is not Mr. Middelhoff's past heritage but his current affiliation that is the problem.
Instead, he says, it is the lawmakers' constituency, ideology and party affiliation that decide their votes.
To most members of the Washington foreign-policy establishment, regardless of party affiliation, that will come as an immense relief.
"It's a film about father-son affiliation that asks the question, 'Are we always the son of someone?' " Mr. Audiard said.
They complain that it is the preferential treatment afforded some applicants because of their parents' wealth or college affiliation that is unfair.
The campaign is pushing to break the traditional allegiance of Catholic voters to the Democratic Party, an affiliation that began to crumble with Ronald Reagan 24 years ago.
One new council member in Moorestown, Ann B. Segal, said it was more open-mindedness than party affiliation that got the Democrats elected.
Still, the column — at The Examiner and then at The San Francisco Chronicle — gave him an affiliation that helped get him on TV.
There is never a strong definition of "senior operational leader," or even — maybe especially — of what counts as an "associated force," the affiliation that makes people who are not part of Al Qaeda eligible for assassination.
