Sentence examples for leftist elements from inspiring English sources

These reforms provoked a small uprising from leftist elements of the chancellor's coalition, with 12 members voting against them.

This nonsense confirms my belief that the Law School has run amok, notwithstanding Dean Clark's well-intentioned efforts to rein in the bizarre and leftist elements.

But such an attitude would be no less extreme than leftist elements who would assault traditions by purging, say, religious symbols from a century-old state seal.

Yet Mr. Schröder, who had to placate leftist elements of his Social Democratic Party as well as the conservative Christian Democrats, presented the deal as a credible compromise.

In Germany, Chancellor Schröder is watering down his plans to relax entrenched labor laws in response to a rebellion by the unions and other leftist elements within his own Social Democratic Party.

Peng was a military commander under a local warlord and later under Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) but broke with him in 1927 when Chiang attempted to rid the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) of leftist elements.

The problem is that India's English press is still dominated by an anti-American leftist element that has long controlled our media (as indicated by the number, and vehemence, of anti-American articles since Sept. 11).

There were all kinds of events, ideas, andpeople, and a very leftist political element that permeated the scene.

As the only leftist, nonsectarian element in the demonstrations, the DLM proved important for the opposition's public relations.

The Islamists were highly influenced by the militant ideology of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and were ardently opposed to the power of leftist and secular elements in Afghanistan.

Balaguer called the oppressors "uncontrollable elements". Leftist leaders described Balaguer's first reign as "Trujilloismo without Trujillo" and "a democracy of the gallows". But over the next three decades, Balaguer's loyalists returned him to power five more times.