Mr Yadav's success stems from what he calls "MY" formula, an alliance of the Muslim minority and his own Yadav caste of agriculturalists.This, however, has led to an ugly brand of politics, with many criminals in the legislative assembly.
Vaclav Havel, the Czechs' president, reckons that Slovakia might be invited to join NATO under this formula at the alliance's summit he is hosting in Prague in November provided, he adds, "it is not hit by some tragic reversal of fortune".Meaning Mr Meciar back in power.
Support for the alliance formula received a boost in early April when Telecom Italia and Britain's Cable &Wireless said that they were negotiating to form a global venture.
Does the old formula for those alliances -- shared grievances -- have much meaning given the diversity of income and status even within each group?
Through the years, I have developed a formula I call the "Alliance of Emotions," which transforms fear into action and too much adrenaline into more a more proactive mix of dopamine and testosterone.
The alliance is basing its formula on the actual costs of educating children throughout the state.
But Pushtuns object to the formula under which the king and the Northern Alliance each select half the members.
[It its Friday editions, the Times of London reported that among the documents in the house it had found a formula for manufacturing ricin, a toxic biological agent.] An alliance soldier, Muhammad Nisar, walked through three houses pointing out pieces of paper with formulas, handwritten diagrams, pictures of rockets and other weaponry.
Alliances form, people cry and/or lose weight, and the formula gets repeated ad nauseam.
The hope of Cameron and George Osborne is they can build an alliance of other penalised countries to somehow stymie the formula-based demand for budgetary top-ups.
