What is wrong is to be an extremist, a chauvinist, a xenophobe.

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Mr Chirac may be a male chauvinist at heart, but he can see the electoral advantages of a female mayor for Paris.

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The general, a Sinhalese chauvinist, won almost exclusively in areas with many Tamils and Muslims.

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And his new cabinet includes two ministers from the Crescent Star Party, a shrill and chauvinist Muslim movement.

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But the government cannot hope to make any headway on the economy unless the BJP reins in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (National Volunteers Association), a powerful Hindu chauvinist organization of which it is an offshoot.

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Derek Manford, the chairman, is himself a reformed male chauvinist: he opposed the equal-rights motion nine years ago (to his wife's displeasure), but says that the women have proved their worth by organising raffles, bingo and barbecues.

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His image as a right-wing chauvinist has only grown with his denials that foreign, notably South Korean, women were coerced into military prostitution during the second world war.

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To the modern chauvinist, having a central bank ranks in importance up there with having a national flag.

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Occasional chauvinist remarks by politicians in Ankara hit a raw nerve.

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