Ordinary Russians have little time for the "robber baron" oligarchs who became fabulously rich in the 1990s while everyone else was starving, but Khodorkovsky's decade in prison may have served some redemptive purpose, and he is perhaps the only figure who even theoretically might be capable of uniting sections of the serving elite and the more radical opposition groups.
"The July holocaust has united all sections of the Tamil masses," he declared, and Tamil militants took to comparing their struggle to that of Palestinian nationalists and anti-apartheid South Africans.
So, to get their new accelerator, America's physicists will have to present both a compelling case and a united front.In this section Pointing the finger Equal and opposite forces Cluster buster Dark secrets ReprintsCircular argumentsThe first step is to decide what kind of collider to unite behind.
Meanwhile, the Democrats are struggling to present a united front.In this section Look who's listening Hands off An easy choice for Mr Romney Out of the mouths of babes A grain of sand for your thoughts Reprints Related items Iraq's election: And now for unity?
For example, in last month's Throne Speech Mr Harper promised to recognise "the unique place of a strong, vibrant Quebec in a united Canada .In this section The diminishing of Brazil With friends like these Coming from behind Mutual aid Charity or China?
Tunes this big only come around every so often, and when they do, they unite all sections of the dance community and can be heard blaring out the windows of a thousand tricked-out Peugeots and downstairs flats for the best part of a year.
He democratized the instrument by bringing it out from under the shadow of "Hee Haw" and "Deliverance" and onto the lawn of the United States Capitol, where for the Fourth of July, Mr. Martin and the band Steep Canyon Rangers united a cross-section of Americans with the bluegrass song "Orange Blossom Special".
The black and Hispanic caucuses united on the nutrition section, or title, of the bill to get expanded food stamp subsidies, which the black members wanted, and to get the right to food stamps restored for legal immigrants, a priority for Hispanic members.
But seldom has the government in Sana'a, Yemen's capital, faced so many troubles at once, including not just the Houthi rebellion in the north and occasional al-Qaeda attacks in the east but also a brewing independence movement in the south, which was a separate country before Yemen's two parts united in 1990.In this section Is Israel too strong for Barack Obama?
