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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a career in journalism/politics/teaching etc
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At the age of 15, he knew he wanted a career in politics.
an English/history/politics etc essay
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He got a good grade for his English essay.
entered politics
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She entered politics in 1996.
gender politics (= the way in which men and women compete with each other for power )
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Much of the discussion of gender politics is rather simplistic.
party politics
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The decision was influenced by party politics.
power politics
sexual politics
talk sport/politics/business etc
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‘Let’s not talk politics now,’ said Hugh impatiently.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
active
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Thereafter he dropped out of active politics , and died 6 September 1658.
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Since his retirement from the military and his triumphant book tour, Powell has edged steadily toward an active role in politics .
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In February 1921 he gave up office and soon afterwards he accepted a peerage and retired from active politics .
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The democratic citizen is expected to be active in politics and to be involved.
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This is fully understood by everyone active in Washington politics despite all the anguished denials.
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The Judicature Society reported that half of the male federal judges were active in party politics before their election to the bench.
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He is professionally ambitious, and is active in local politics .
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Chapter 5 considers the behavior of those exceptional individuals who are extremely active in politics .
comparative
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Briefing box 1.1 Making classifications: Aristotle and Finer Description and classification are the building blocks of comparative politics .
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All three countries represent a state of affairs that defies predominant theories in comparative politics .
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The discussion now turns to key examples from comparative politics that have examined these important questions.
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This book provides a good discussion of establishing functional equivalence in comparative politics .
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What then are the main conclusions about comparative politics that can be drawn from this cursory comparison to natural science?
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The comparative politics literature is rich with examples of these different levels of analysis.
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The fourth section summarizes these reasons, justifications, and terms for a science of comparative politics .
democratic
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And a split is what is needed if democratic politics is to develop in the Soviet Union.
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The key to democratic politics is accountability.
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In their own ways, each man testified to the importance of labor as a force in Democratic politics .
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From this perspective democratic politics , and the two-party system in particular, was the problem and the cause of our economic ills.
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Much of the popular carnival atmosphere of traditional democratic politics was eliminated.
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It is therefore impossible to be dogmatic about the precise beginnings of modern democratic thinking and politics .
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In fact any two years away is a Democratic year. Democratic politics is what you might call future politics.
domestic
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If you turned to domestic politics , the news was no better.
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With domestic politics figured in, the cutoff seems cynical in the extreme.
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Not a lot of domestic politics about, thank goodness!
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In the spring of 1978, it was dusted off for a more compelling reason, namely domestic politics .
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But they must follow somehow. Domestic politics dictates that.
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It was not easy to avoid domestic politics but we tried hard to achieve a delicate balance.
electoral
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This is the new electoral politics .
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S policy hostage to electoral politics .
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Regional bodies of this sort encourage the representation of interests as interests, rather than their fragmentation through electoral politics .
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The 1992 political process demonstrated the impact of this dramatic episode on the electoral politics .
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Ideas as such are not central in electoral politics .
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Freed from electoral politics , she became an oracle of sorts.
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That success led the Newmanites further into electoral politics , where they finally emerged in 1979 as the neutral-sounding New Alliance Party.
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But focusing on electoral politics and economic development distracts us from the truly ugly side of our southern neighbor.
internal
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Many firms find that the implementation process is not merely complex but that it amplifies strains in the internal politics .
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Human institutions can not be understood without understanding their internal politics .
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But it was beset by internal politics and narrow-mindedness.
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Our evidence for the organization and internal politics of classical Corinth is meagre, and out of proportion to the city's importance.
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A number of young activists who had been involved in internal politics since 1976 were also elected.
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But our internal press and politics is living in a mad euphoria.
international
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Karadzic's continued freedom and the collective memory loss may suit international politics .
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On Tuesday, Grondahl will discuss the role of women leaders in national and international politics .
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An important aspect of alliances - like alliances in international politics - is that they frequently are between highly unequal partners.
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In the ambiguous world of international politics , clear-cut choices between competing interests and values are rare.
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A compromise will be reached but the implications are clear; international eco politics are with us.
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For nearly forty-five years, the two Superpowers had dominated international politics , alliances, and trade arrangements.
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He will certainly need to be well prepared for the task which faces him, with international cricket politics becoming increasingly complex.
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In international politics nothing endures like the provisional and nothing takes as long as the imminent.
local
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The search for an acceptable Merovingian lord affected local as well as court politics .
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What emerges from that tainted oven will likely be a typical loaf of local politics leavened by big money.
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The nationalization of local politics arose from a specific combination of economic, social and political processes which no longer applies.
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The recall made them pay for that mistake and sent out a terrible message about making an error in local politics .
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I have been involved in local politics for several years and I am running in South Ward for the second time.
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Dole, raised in a Democratic family, registered as a Republican because the party dominated local politics .
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The homogeneity of local politics in the 1950s and early 1960s was the exception rather than the rule.
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And so Lacy began his foray into local politics .
modern
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The realities of modern politics are such that roles may not be confined by constitutional definitions of office.
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One of the greatest myths in modern politics is that campaigns are too expensive.
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This traditional organisation characterised by individualistic, vertical clienteles militates strongly against the horizontal group-formation typical of modern politics .
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A.. Theoretically, caucuses are more like town meetings and are less subject to advertising and other tactics of modern politics .
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It has become a truism of modern politics that people will never vote to raise their taxes.
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The legacies of these two very different men, intense personal and ideological competitors, continue to influence modern politics today.
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What he most wanted to know about was not the ancient world but modern politics with its historical background.
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It is part of modern politics for politicians to parade their claims of success every so often.
national
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The 1970s are more difficult to categorize from the point of view of planning and national politics .
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One of the strongest factors to be reckoned with in national politics was the press.
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Dorset gentry were irritated at Dorchester folk's disregard of their social superiors; national politics brought disaster.
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Occidental has long been active in local and national politics .
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Only five years ago, Mrs Shephard - the new Employment Secretary - was unknown to national politics .
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But he failed in his decade-long quest for a career in national politics .
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Devoting his energies to national politics , Adenauer had become President of the Parliamentary Council in 1948-9.
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Its owner is a banker, well-placed in national politics .
presidential
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So far, the absolutist position has dominated Republican presidential politics .
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New Hampshire, with a population of only 1. 1 million, has long had a disproportionate influence on presidential politics .
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Frenzied fund-raising and free-wheeling spending transformed not only presidential politics but also House and Senate contests.
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A day away from presidential politics for a junkie is guaranteed to shift perspective and challenge perception.
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The Republicans had dominated presidential politics for almost twenty-five years when Clinton began his bid for the White House.
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This represents a dramatic turn of events in presidential politics .
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In presidential politics , winning is neither the only thing or everything.
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In presidential politics , numbers like these are extremely tempting, particularly in a close election.
■ NOUN
consensus
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The consensus politics of the post-1945 period in which so many of our demands were rooted is no more.
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The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life.
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It was the most important disavowal consensus politics in recent history.
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The practice of consensus politics has meant no determined action against inequalities by any Labour government.
office
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Those who stay behind spend their time looking for jobs, playing office politics or simply nursing their wounds.
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Bob Woodward was a prima donna who played heavily at office politics .
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He asks her to cover for him while he is playing office politics elsewhere.
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With some disdain, almost all expressed the need to manage office politics .
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Then he went back for a week and found he could no longer take the petty office politics .
party
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Their loyalty was therefore to some profounder vision of Britain than that expressed in mere party politics .
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There is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.
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This is not a matter of party politics or personalities or policies or even principles.
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The Treasury saw financial control as being concerned with sound finance and above party politics .
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Whoever bears the responsibility, the domination of local government by party politics is now almost complete.
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His world was one of party politics and current events, rather than long-term trends.
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The extreme social and economic difficulties they faced on independence meant that the emergence of recognizably democratic party politics was by no means certain.
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Not so different from party politics , really.
power
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The closer you get to old fashioned power politics , the more the classic assets of old fashioned power matter.
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The second thing you learn, however, is that this is not simply a power politics street fight.
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It's the same in power politics .
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If ever there were a sign that money and power politics can be a lethal mix, this was it.
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As such she became integral to international strategic thinking and power politics in subsequent years.
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The novel departs clearly from Anthony Hope's tale in this element of the power politics of the 1920s.
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What startles is the play's modernity: it accords with our own scepticism about power politics .
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This outcome of family power politics has to be avoided.
world
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But the moment passed, under the pressure of world politics .
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With my friends from home we had discussed Third World politics and our growing awareness of exploitation globally.
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Linkage assumed that world politics revolved around the constant struggle for supremacy between the great powers.
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I now work for Time magazine, they cover world politics and I cover the international end for them.
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The unfortunate Ingeborg remained a pawn in the game of world politics .
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The agonized hand-wringing about internationalism and the finer points of world politics were thrust aside.
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University College is celebrating one of its old boys landing the biggest job in world politics .
■ VERB
discuss
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This friendship is about not discussing politics .
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Both talking politics and feeling relatively unrestricted about with whom one can safely discuss politics are closely related to educational attainment.
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With my friends from home we had discussed Third World politics and our growing awareness of exploitation globally.
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How frequently do the students discuss politics ?
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Near Medina he at last found Ibrahim, who declined to discuss politics .
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The principal directed her to stop discussing school politics , to teach economics, and to use more conventional teaching methods.
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The Custodian of Absentee Property did not choose to discuss politics .
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Still, they can tell you what they were doing last night, or discuss local politics .
dominate
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So far, the absolutist position has dominated Republican presidential politics .
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Here, life is dominated by politics .
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For nearly forty-five years, the two Superpowers had dominated international politics , alliances, and trade arrangements.
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At college I had been thoroughly disgusted with the male egos that dominated the left-wing student politics .
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The Republicans had dominated presidential politics for almost twenty-five years when Clinton began his bid for the White House.
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The Conservatives had dominated Hampshire county politics for over a century.
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In Iowa, where the antiabortion movement dominates Republican politics , Buchanan moved to stake out the strongest position on the subject.
enter
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Cooperation enters politics By the end of the nineteenth century an important cooperative movement was established in West Ham.
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Arteaga, 40, entered politics through her participation in government cultural foundations and agencies.
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She married, converted to a form of Buddhism and entered politics , forming a new party for the lower castes.
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By 1898, Adam Beck was well enough off to enter politics .
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He had never had any aspirations to enter politics .
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Many of its earlier leaders were lay preachers who entered politics in order to apply their religious ideals in practical ways.
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I know you have ambitions to enter politics .
involve
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Power and conflict within organisations Introduction All organisations, whether in the public or the private sector, are involved in politics .
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At that time, church officials said Yakunin flouted a rule barring priests from being involved in politics .
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Most of them have never been involved in politics before, though all of them are Labour voters.
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How wonderful, I said to myself, that so many young and attractive people should be getting involved in politics .
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Many Hollywood denizens are businessmen who have been involved in politics for years.
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Political parties are dying because they refuse to get involved in politics , and then wonder why nobody else does.
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The fate of glagolitic became involved with the ecclesiastical politics of Dalmatia, where Byzantine and Latin religious influences overlapped.
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An elderly spinster, she had never been very involved in politics .
play
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Bush chose to accuse his rivals of playing politics with the nation's strategic assets.
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Bob Woodward was a prima donna who played heavily at office politics .
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Customers in internet cafes are more interested in game-\#playing than politics .
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He asks her to cover for him while he is playing office politics elsewhere.
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We have to welcome this money because Cleveland can't afford to play party politics when opportunities on this scale arise.
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Dole, to his credit, has repeatedly declined to play politics in the most sensitive diplomatic areas.
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Most important, the Sangh was the one force prepared to play the polarising politics of mass mobilisation for communal status.
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She was never so happy as when she was mingling with neighbors and playing politics .
talk
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We do not, by unspoken consent, talk politics when we meet.
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They talked about Washington, politics , the upcoming election, Manhattan...
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But Svidrigailov ignores the question and starts talking about politics .
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Both talking politics and feeling relatively unrestricted about with whom one can safely discuss politics are closely related to educational attainment.
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And I was asked about my interests, and naturally I began to talk about politics .
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The frequency of talking politics rises sharply from the primary to the secondary to the university levels in all five countries.
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In the normal course of conversation I wouldn't talk about politics , I'd talk more about shagging.
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You would talk about politics and he would talk about devices.
understand
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Who really understands the politics of the Middle East anyway?
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I understood his politics and ethics.
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References Power in organizations Introduction Organizations are political systems in which those who understand power and politics win.
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But if Lindblom is correct, understanding contemporary politics requires an understanding of its linkages with economics.
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I do not understand politics and power.
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This book assumes that understanding politics is extremely important.
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Like the Rensselaer researchers, Mr Schrage warns innovators that they need to understand company politics .
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But the crucial issue relevant to understanding politics concerns the extent to which individual personality and human nature cause political behavior.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be steeped in history/tradition/politics etc
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Both are clifftop courses that are steeped in history.
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The area is steeped in history.
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The Hotel has great character and is steeped in history.
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They brought with them a heritage and culture that is steeped in history and literature.
brand of humour/politics/religion etc
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Bush was elected on the coat-tails of Ronald Reagan, who in turn worshipped Margaret Thatcher's brand of politics and economics.
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I was by no means immune from this brand of humour.
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Presenter, Jim Bowen, puts the contestants at ease with his own brand of humour.
that's life/men/politics etc (for you)
the (very) stuff of dreams/life/politics
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But such philosophical dissent, at this point, is the stuff of dreams in a dreamworld.
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How does a political system handle the incredibly difficult and complicated value allocations that are the stuff of politics?
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Our ideas and hopes for the future are the stuff of life.
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This was the stuff of life.
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Within this realm the stuff of dreams and nightmares can coalesce from the very air.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Politics doesn't interest me much.
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an important figure in the world of politics
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Brock's been involved in city politics since college.
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He made the decision to go into politics last year.
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I'm tired of dealing with all of the office politics .
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I don't agree with Michael's politics , but he's sure a nice guy.
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Maria is very interested in politics and current affairs.
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Most of the people questioned thought that unions should not get involved in party politics .
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She's been in politics for over twenty years.
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The University runs a course in American politics and government.
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Thomson has always been deeply involved in local politics .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But a lot of people are mature enough to separate the person from his politics .
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Comparative politics focuses on similarities and differences in political processes and structures.
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On the university level almost all respondents in each country follow politics .
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The doctor, whatever her politics and morals, had lovely skilful hands, which Phoebe could not but admire.
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The dominant figure in local Labour politics was Stephen McGonagle.
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This is a very wide claim and one which potentially includes questions concerning the relationships between women, power and politics .
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With presidential campaigning fully upon the nation, the appearance of costly hearings driven by politics will be difficult to avoid.