The Matthean community according to the beginning of his gospel by F. P. Viljoen

“…From the Gospel it is clear that there was a struggle between the Matthean community and local Jewish communities and leaders. This indicates a distance between a Jewish background and a gentile presence within the community. …”
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Le rôle des milieux de presse dans la fondation de l’Etat belge et la création d’une « opinion publique » nationale (1830-1860) by Pierre Van den Dungen

“…From the 1820s on, French-speaking men of letters were writing opposition press in the kingdom of the Netherlands of William of Orange. …”
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Civilizations in World Politics: Reasons for Clash and Dialogue by M. V. Kharkevich

“…The author stresses the importance of nonessentialist approach in civilizational dynamics studies, its leader being Peter Katzenstein. The rest of the article is devoted to cultivating the selected research direction. …”
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The "Arab Spring": New Mechanisms of Change of Authoritarian Political Regimes by E. A. Antyukhova

“…A special place in the article is devoted to the study of the role of non-governmental organizations in selecting and training protest leaders and activists and in creating a network of supporters of prodemocratic movements. …”
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Does Competence Determine Who Leads in a Dyadic Cooperative Task? A Study of Children with and without a Neurodevelopmental Disorder by Roy Vink, Fred Hasselman, Antonius H. N. Cillessen, Maarten L. Wijnants, Anna M. T. Bosman

“…One variable that plays an as-yet unknown role in collaborative success is the leader-follower distinction. In the present study, leading and following behavior was determined by assessing rhythmical coordination of postural sway in typically developing children (n = 183) and children with a neurodevelopmental disorder (n = 106). …”
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Evolution and Prospects of the «Alternative for Germany» by Аlexander А. Sorokin, Yuri D. Korovin

“…The conclusion is made that the chances of the Alternative for Germany party to enter the government in 2025 will depend on its capacity to timely eliminate the accumulated internal contradictions, such as the excessive radicalisation of the party and the lack of a unified ideological component among its leaders.…”
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Factors Influencing Recentralization of Local Government Functions in Uganda. by Biryomumeisho, Stephen, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…Recentralisation of local revenue caused financial constraints at the local level and recentralisation of KCCA led to the weakening of the opposition but led to increases resources to develop the capital city. …”
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1922 — the best year of the Comintern. Soviet Russia, German communists and the Genoa conference by A. Yu. Vatlin

“…The KPD leaders welcomed the Comintern’s turn towards a united workers front. …”
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Information War in Syria by N. A. Smirnov

“…In recent years, in many countries around the world the role of society in political decision making quickly strengthened, and the population is increasingly affects the position of the state leaders. For countries pretending to have the support of its policies in other regions, public diplomacy is an essential tool. …”
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Dissemination of the Russian emigrant literature and the literature of the Book Program in East Europe in 1950-1990 by Alvydas Kazakevičius

“…In 1950-1956, U.S. governmental institutions adopted the main idea of NTS ideologist and one of its leaders, V. Poremskiy, about the necessity to transfer and disseminate Western books to the people of the Soviet Union. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…So we may raise a hypothesis whereby the last-mentioned ability reflects Lithuanian communist leaders and/or sport functionaries' acceptance of such kind of "nationalism." …”
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BRICS expansion in the news coverage of member countries: a political economy perspective by Fedaa Mohamed Abdelaziz Abdeldayem, Sarah Francis Wadie Kswat

“…The current study analyzes the national interests, economic implications of media frames, leaders’ statements and geopolitical contexts in light of the coverage of the newspapers under study and the BRICS' inclusion of new members from a political economy perspective. …”
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Modeling and Simulation of Polarization in Internet Group Opinions Based on Cellular Automata by Yaofeng Zhang, Renbin Xiao

“…However, both taking the opinion leaders as zealots and taking some randomly selected individuals as zealots are not conductive to the consensus. (4) Double opinion leaders with consistent opinions will accelerate the formation of group consensus, but the opposite opinions will lead to group polarization. (5) Only small external influences can change the evolutionary direction of Internet group opinions.…”
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La transformation de la politique sur Internet : de la politique-spectacle à la cyberdémocratie d’activisme citoyen by José Luis Dader

“…A selection of examples of those opposite trends will permit to understand the lights and shadows of the Internet environment in the new political communication.…”
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Austrian Muslims. The problems and achievements of social and political integration by E. V. Pinyugina

“…The construction of mosques and religious instruction at schools, supported by government as an important step towards the integration of Islam in Austria, can reach opposite goals, as the leaders of new Muslim’s political movements in Austria caution in mass-media. …”
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Guerre, guerre civile, guerre révolutionnaire : la violence en héritage dans l'Italie républicaine, 1945-1980 by Virgile Cirefice, Grégoire Le Quang

“…This refers to the modalities of the pursuit of fascist leaders and Nazi collaborators, as well as to the sometimes radical challenge of the democratic order set up at the Liberation. …”
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THE BATTLE OF KURSK: HOW THE WESTERN HISTORIANS APPRECIATE IT by A. A. Paderin

“…Trying to excuse themselves these authors explained the defeat of Wehrmacht using some accidental factors which were not connected with their activity as military leaders. In particular there were some mistakes of the highest German political and military leadership, climatic and geographical peculiarities of the war in Russia. …”
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Rethinking domestic politics of Indonesian SSTC in Africa and paradox of MRLs education training by Muhammad Ridha Iswardhana, Poppy Sulistyaning Winanti, Ririn Tri Nurhayati

“…Indonesia often offers Muslim Religious Leaders (MRLs) international reproductive health training to bring SSTC to African nations. …”
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(Re-)construing Space as Capital: Contributions from a Study with Local Entrepreneurs by Anderson de Souza Sant'Anna, Daniela Martins Diniz

“…For this purpose, an investigation inspired on the Grounded Theory was undertaken, involving documentary analysis, direct observation and 41 semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs, dwellers, passers-by and opinion leaders inserted into the dynamics of an important peripheral street in the city of Sete Lagoas/MG. …”
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NEW LABOUR 'ETHICAL' FOREIGN POLICY by N. A. Stepanova

“…The author argues that, on the one hand, the Labour Party 'new' foreign policy was a tribute to the historical tradition and continuity and on the other - the spirit of the times, as other Western countries leaders claimed similar statements, and that, in fact, it contributed to the moral authority of the government in the eyes of the British society. …”
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