Tiny (garnering only 2.6% of the vote in the last election), troublesome, notorious, an oddity among the political parties of Europe, the present-day Italian Radical Party grew out of a leftist branch of the old establishment Liberal Party following the shift of the latter to the right, in the mid-'50s.
When MPs get into a serious row with the government, as routinely happens when they seek to question ministers about corruption, the 83-year-old emir has increasingly tended to resort simply to dissolving the troublesome body and calling elections.
More troublesome, though, the pre-election season has laid bare the sectarian fault lines that pit Hamra and other religious Shiites -- who are eager for power commensurate with their numbers -- against Sunnis suspicious of both U.S. intentions and Shiite ambitions.
But he also addressed some politically sensitive issues, from election interference to troublesome subreddits.
Another feature of the presidential election is that the troublesome regional confrontation has disappeared while generational conflict between old and young has emerged.
Whether we were on the "winner" of "loser" side, whether we "got what we wanted" or "didn't get what we wanted", this historic election emphatically exposed the troublesome blindness that impairs our leadership and politics.
But Mr. Kerry will head out of his convention city Friday morning onto a road that is at once unfamiliar and potentially troublesome, particularly for this stage in an election year.
Now, with Congress considering the most sweeping changes to immigration laws in two decades, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is learning just how troublesome that terrain can be in an election year.
Fraudulent elections could add to the troublesome brew, undermining a government that has enjoyed substantial power and support.
Latin America could also prove troublesome to Citigroup, Mr. Mayo said, pointing to elections in Brazil in early October.
