The political repercussions of replacing the party's first African-American chairman would be too severe, several Republican leaders said, and there are no obvious candidates ready to take the job.
The band have since come in for severe criticism, but leader John Hemmingham says he had no idea about the issue until he was notified about it by one of his colleagues.
The full definition of fascism given by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is this: "a political philosophy, movement, or regime....that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition".
If the violence was this severe with the leaders behind bars, the officer asked, how much worse might it be if leaders were released?
The economic impact of Sept. 11 appears to be even more severe than business leaders predicted in November, according to an updated report commissioned by the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce.
In severe cases, the leaders could be removed from office.
Here in a swing state of severe economic hurt — a leader in foreclosures where empty offices now litter strip malls — there are signs that Mr. Obama is gaining ground.
Exultant following a summit of southern African leaders publicly backed him yesterday, after debating the current political and economic chaos in Zimbabwe, Mr Mugabe was unapologetic about the recent severe beating of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
A less severe charge, insulting the leader of a foreign nation, carries a sentence of up to two years in prison or a fine of 200 Iraqi dinars, about 17 cents.
"The best way to understand this," said Dr. Kerry J. Sulkowicz, a psychoanalyst in private practice in Manhattan, "is that occasionally in history there is a confluence of events, in which the severe psychopathology of a leader is allowed to flourish".
But under severe pressure from regional leaders, his party entered a government in which ZANU-PF retained control of the military, the criminal justice system and the media.
