When he was in the House, Mr. Jeffords was the only Republican to vote against President Reagan's tax cut in 1981, a defection that earned him a black mark in the Republican conference.
Of course, we are all familiar with cases in which the payoff from a defection in a current round becomes too great relative to the longer-run value of reputation to future cooperation, and we awake to find that the society treasurer has absconded overnight with the funds.
Who knows what a lone representative, or a few united by a favored cause, might extract from a presidential candidate in return for a defection from party ranks?
In "Record of a Defection," a devoted wife disguises her near-starvation and hides the sexual harassment she endures from a Party boss so that her husband, who is talented but comes from a disgraced family, might advance in his career.
Two of the three groups made the parasite's side of the secret handshake nice: it did not defect until after there was a defection in the other side of the secret handshake.
In type 2 diabetes, on the other hand, there's a defection in insulin secretion as well as insulin resistance, which is a condition in which the body produces insulin but muscles, fat and liver cells don't respond properly.
Had he not been disqualified, he would be 21st on the earnings list and the first horse to get in should there be a defection.
(NYT) A DEFECTION IN CALIFORNIA The California secretary of state, Bill Jones, the state's highest-ranking Republican official, is defecting from the camp of Texas Gov. George W. Bush to endorse Sen. John McCain, McCain campaign officials said late yesterday.
The First Step to Take If someone in the family needs a hand, from a one-time cash outlay to routine day care, I think you can head off a defection in the ranks by immediately launching a conversation or a series of conversations with the clan.
The governing party lost its main coalition partner in a bitter defection.
