The New Frontiers of Loyalty

The New Economy of Fealty

That allegiance is misplaced.

They must make a written oath of service to comply with all the requirements of the position.

PRINCETON An information war has erupted around the world.

In the past, the Saharan people had always shown loyalty to the King of Morocco.

Yet no one thought much about it when American presidents of different faiths swore their oath of office to God and country.

According to Muslim law, ties of loyalty formalized the sovereignty of the State.

This fit the ideology of a brand of capitalism that was red in tooth and claw.

Towards the Government building, Iraqi armour encountered heavy resistance in the surrounding streets and neighbourhoods.

When Wolfowitz was finally pushed out after a bruising battle, Bank staff were beside themselves with joy.

After finally seizing Grozny amid fierce resistance, Russian troops moved on to other Chechen strongholds.

The recognition of an exit possibility reverses that basic process of forging bonds of loyalty.

Upon taking office, she swore allegiance not only to the constitution, but to Him (Kirchner) as well.

In parliamentary debates, fierce ideological battles may be the order of the day, but ad hominem attacks are off limits.

But inflation has its own adverse distributional and efficiency implications, and would be fiercely resisted.

Further eastward expansion of NATO, however, will be possible only against fierce Russian resistance.

Moreover, massive economic dislocation could destroy the cohesion of the ruling elites and make them more vulnerable politically. Indeed, members of the ruling elite will be the most immediately affected by financial deleveraging.

Most of these parties are led by political dynasties that prize loyalty over merit.

All citizens of Israel, whether Jews or Arabs, would be required to pledge an oath of allegiance to retain citizenship.

Recent trends in globalization and the dynamics of conflicts had shown that allegiance might lie elsewhere than in the State of nationality.

As a result of the religious instruction, Pia often experienced conflicts of loyalty between her home and her school.

Both the EU and Russia have advantages to offer, so competition between them could be fierce.

In an aggressive campaign of naming and shaming, the paper showed how MPs had been exploiting loose regulation to their advantage.

Loyalty, rather than merit, drove key appointments, making policy management even more difficult.

Local working class boys played for local clubs that inspired fierce loyalty among fans.

Having now sworn allegiance to Daeish ,Ould Mohamed Khayrou also created Gao, a Judicial Council for Sharia Law.

His attacks on ECB President Jean Claude Trichet were often vicious and quite personal.

In 1654, Khmelnytsky signed the Treaty of Pereyaslav, forming a military and political alliance with Russia that acknowledged loyalty to the tsar.

But it is a cruel, vicious, absolutely conscienceless I'll be all right, keep your seats game that these people play.

The Chinese government has also begun a ferocious crackdown on social media, arresting prominent activists on dubious charges.

It was ruled by the Indonesian army, which fought a brutal civil war against the separatist Free Aceh Movement.

On 18 January, the Danish king issued a letter to the Norwegian people, releasing them from their fealty to him.

3.3 Against her parents' will, Guro found herself in a situation where a conflict of loyalties arose between school and home.

Observing the relationship between her father and stepmother, and their affection toward her half brothers, she is said to have become embittered and developed a fierce personality.

The Tamil Tigers led a ruthless campaign for an independent territory against Sri Lanka s government for most of the past three decades.

The Chinese leadership seems to be aware of this dilemma and is not, in fact, eager to be dragged into fierce competition with the West or its neighbors.

The recognition of an exit possibility reverses that basic process of forging bonds of loyalty. Some other attraction may appear.

They want to see their institutions and values mirrored and replicated in their neighbors a dynamic that builds loyalty.

In furtherance of his re alignment, Musharraf sent the Pakistani army into the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan for the first time since Pakistan s independence.

The boy was expected to request the relationship, which was seen as a method to pass on knowledge and maintain loyalty on the battlefield.

To forestall a Persian capture of Baghdad, Hafız Ahmed quickly restored relations with Bakr, who returned to Ottoman allegiance.

The authorities' evaluation of whether there are grounds for an application for exemption imposes on the children a conflict of loyalties between the school and the parents.

Part of the problem is the emergence of China, whose ultra low wages provide tough competition for Mexico, where wages are merely very low.

Warfare on the North American frontier was brutal, and the killing of prisoners, the targeting of civilians, and other atrocities were widespread.