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As the world watches the US presidential candidates wrestle with issues of protectionism, immigration, global public health, climate change, and international cooperation, we should ask what aspect of American identities they are appealing to and whether they are educating followers about broader meanings.
The erstwhile leaders of the “Leave” campaign have engaged in a peculiar bout of internecine self-destruction, and some of their followers have started to glimpse the bleak future that both the country and they personally face.
Some of Intercom’s customers want to know how many Twitter followers their users have, to determine their potential value as “influencers.”
There’s nothing like a good scandal or two to discourage already unenthusiastic followers.
Chen’s popularity among his party followers, whose fervency often bordered on fundamentalism, changed him from a person with deep democratic instincts into a textbook case of a man who regards power and its prerogatives as being his by right.
And Trump has often hesitated to disavow them; during the election campaign, when former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke publicly backed him, Trump was scandalously slow to reject Duke and his followers.
When a Chinese government security official recently accused followers of the Dalai Lama of organizing suicide attacks – merely the most extreme of a barrage of allegations against the “Dalai clique” – it was as though the Cultural Revolution were still raging.
To a large extent, they are shared by followers of former President Jorge Quiroga and Samuel Doria Medina as well.
But even the most stalwart European leaders have lost their followers’ trust by baldly saying one thing today and the opposite tomorrow.
Another asserted that Judaism encourages its followers to deceive Christians and other Gentiles.
Most of his followers, who became known as Sunni Muslims, felt that the faithful should base their decision on ability, and supported the Muslim elders’ choice of Muhammad’s father-in-law, Abu Bakr.
May’s latest plan for a more cooperative “soft Brexit” now also faces insuperable opposition from Johnson and Davis, plus several dozen followers.
And his supposed success in business (his record is actually mixed) convinces his followers that he knows how to get things done, while his enormous personal wealth is seen as making him incorruptible.
And, in addition to its territorial conquests and physical networks of followers, ISIS has established a firm foothold online – far more so than any other jihadist organization.
In the wake of the Taliban’s ouster in Afghanistan, bin Laden and his followers have come to regard Yemen, alongside Pakistan, as a haven.
Some aspiring leaders think that they must proclaim a vision that overawes their followers.
A successful vision has to be attractive to various circles of followers and stakeholders.
To choose goals and articulate them in a vision, they need not only to solicit input from their followers, but also to understand the context of their choices.
A movement leader can promote a vision that is miles ahead of his followers, while a prime minister with multiple objectives and responsibilities must maintain a continuous dialogue with the public, which keeps him or her from moving too far ahead of citizens.
Sometimes leaders need to stretch the boundaries of realism to inspire their followers and call forth extra effort, as Winston Churchill did in Great Britain in 1940.
More Keynesian than KeynesCAMBRIDGE – Like most people who create an “ism,” John Maynard Keynes quickly found his followers running ahead of him.
The "riot" that I allegedly fomented occurred in March last year, when almost two hundred thugs claiming to be Winata's followers attacked Tempo's office, threatened to burn down the building, harassed staff, and injured one reporter.
But Winata himself eluded police investigation, merely by claiming publicly that his followers acted without his prior knowledge and consent.
He is a poster child for sectarian strains of Hindu nationalism – a firebrand Muslim-baiter who, along with his followers, has been accused of fomenting communal riots.
From India’s perspective, the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan Buddhist community, and so has the right to minister to his followers at the great Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Tawang.
Because they attract followers, governments must take them into account both as allies and adversaries.
Klaus and his followers spearheaded the creation of well-functioning, standard political parties.
The idea that the state should pursue economic growth without consideration for moral concerns was anathema to Confucius and his followers.
Even if Imanishi's ecological and evolutionary ideas were problematic, he and his followers were right about quite a lot.
He was that rare kind of leader who was not confined by his followers’ inadequacies.
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