In the clique-filled world of secondary school there is a clear social hierarchy, and researchers at the University of Michigan believe they've found the formula that unlocks its secrets.
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At this point one of two things tends to happen: either the atheist remains in the clique that inflates their superiority complex and the atheist eventually loses interest in the movement, or the atheist learns a thing or two about how to properly address theist claims in more than just canned or general terms.
Divisions within the ruling clique mean that the president has been unable to fill scores of key posts at middle levels of government.
Our correspondent says Algerians know that parliament is toothless, unable to hold accountable either the government or the military clique which holds real power in the country.
The author's insights into Mrs Thatcher's working methods and the strange clique of zealots who provided her with the intellectual confidence to change Britain are fascinating.
The bribes, he suggests, are split between Chinese state-owned partners and members of the ruling clique.
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But even Mr Karadzic's arrest would not mean the downfall of the Pale clique.
The unassuming 54-year-old says his international success has given him more creative freedom outside the Broadway clique.
In government as it was in opposition, true control is vested in the same clique that ran Labour's election campaign.
They want Mrs Plavsic to defeat the Pale clique, so that their efforts to knit Bosnia together have some chance of success.
Other women mentioned the eerie feeling that they were back in high school and once again desperately trying to impress the popular clique, this time with flattering photos and exciting updates.
The country has gone through five heads of state, each promising an end to woe, and each ending up beholden to the shadowy clique of strongmen that Algerians refer to as le pouvoir.
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Perhaps the same calculation has been made by the relatively small clique of Shia militants behind the renegade cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Holding the leadership role in each clique was the person who best personified the attributes at the heart of the group.
He came to office as GLC leader in 1981 as the nominee of a small clique of the same hard left which almost broke up the Labour Party in the early 1980s.
Those who insist this language could never mean U.S. boots on the ground in Syria belong to the same Washington clique eager to support Hussein, Ghadafi and later, the Libyan rebels.
Other residents in Vientiane believe that the explosions have been orchestrated by a clique within the government that wants to strengthen ties to China at the expense of those with Vietnam.
And fearmongering about the dangerous strategic implications of an end to the "territorial integrity" of the Soviet Union continues to be the last resort of those opposed to a policy of favoring the restive republics rather than the ruling Gorbachev clique.
The "realist" view was given clear expression this week by one of the "realist" clique's most prominent members.
It's a complete no-no, and as such the political dynamic is similar to the coziness of the political-financial clique that people are so pissed off with.
In a book shot through with personal pique, he portrays the Socialist candidate as an incurable individualist, incapable of consulting beyond her clique, forging policy on the hoof and playing the victim in order to disarm her (usually male) challengers.
This smacks more of dynastic politics and feeds into the argument that China is run by a clique of powerful families whose vested interests stand in the way of an equitable growth model.
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The Arabs under Mr Arafat are the victims of a corrupt clique that cares little about its people.
We need radical change, to ensure there is equality and justice, such that never again, would a community be punished for the sins of a power elite clique.
They fear being marginalized by the transfer of power from one clique to another as part of some "tribal bargain" and oppose Saleh's immunity from prosecution, which is part of the Riyadh deal.
As they see it, a Bangkok-based royalist clique, ranging from the PAD's leadership to elements of the armed forces, the bureaucracy, the courts and palace officials, is conspiring to overthrow democracy to protect its privileges.
But it's the high price of oil that has kept the economy going and notably enriched a clique of Putin friends from St.
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Howson became established in the 1980s as one of the "New Glasgow Boys", a clique of painters concerned with portraying social issues.
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