These groups are characterised by economic nativism, anti-immigration and protectionist leanings, religious fanaticism, and geopolitical isolationism.
Only Louis Walsh could have looked at Wagner, a middle-aged Brazilian man with classical operatic leanings, and determined that the key to his success would be to force him into performing a nightmarish technicolour bongo mash-up of She Bangs and Love Shack.
His many critics said Morsi had authoritarian leanings and that his removal was essential to prevent Egypt from eventually turning into an autocratic theocracy.
Although they sometimes need to make decisions which may be unpopular, their actions should not be interpreted as being revealing of pro- or anti- leanings apart from pro-[our community standards] and anti-[behaviour which goes against them].
Zsuzsanna Szelényi, a liberal left MP and psychologist who has studied Orbán at close quarters as a colleague in the 1990s, describes him as restless and combative with leanings towards megalomania.
Does it mean America, too, despite his plainly pro-American leanings?
His visionary leanings are not exactly discouraged by his more reverential fans.
When John McCain, the US senator, challenged him last year on his pro-Moscow leanings, Orbán, said a source who witnessed the exchange, replied: "I don't care what you think.
(Johnson) New-York Historical Society: 'Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York' (through Sept. 1) A Social Realist with satiric leanings, Marsh (1898-1954) painthe the seamy side of life in New York during the Great Depression.
But its government's undemocratic leanings have presented donor countries with a dilemma.
Perhaps the supreme leader, despite his conservative leanings, wants to deny the reformists an excuse to turn their backs on the system.
