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  • "This ambush has failed," Mr. Berlusconi said Friday, referring to the center-left opposition that tried to put in place filibustering tactics to win the vote and force Mr. Berlusconi to step down.

    Italy's Leader Avoids Ouster, Again Giada Zampano 2011

  • "I believe that she is center-left, which is what I am," he said, adding, "Of all the candidates, Christine is the best able to follow in the steps of Mayor Bloomberg and myself."

    NYT > Home Page By KATE TAYLOR 2011

  • So-called "center-left" parties were complicit in this deregulation, whether under Bill Clinton in the United States, Gerhardt Schroeder in Germany, or Tony Blair in the UK.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Robert Kuttner 2011

  • Right-wing parties in his coalition could turn against him -- and the largest center-left opposition party is signaling that it will not back up the prime minister even though it supports the settlement moratorium.

    Netanyahu and Obama on the brink -- again Jackson Diehl 2010

  • Politically, this same self-reliance drives young people into Unparties — outside-the-box movements such as the "Tea Party" (on the right) and the aborning "Coffee Party" (on the center-left).

    Millennials do faith and politics their way 2010

  • The green light by Italy's 630-person Chamber of Deputies was largely expected since Italy's center-left opposition parties had indicated over the past few days that they wouldn't try to block the three-year budget plan in the name of national unity.

    Italy Clears Move to Reduce Deficit Alessandra Galloni 2011

  • Tadic, leader of the center-left Democratic Party, needs support from the EU to boost his government's position ahead of next year's general elections.

    Serbia arrests last Balkan war crimes fugitive 2011

  • According to The New Republic – the national bi-monthly bible of the “center-left” – that would be none other than our very own founding editor, Will Folks (a.k.a. “Sic Willie”).

    Sic Is P.T. Barnum? 2010

  • Then he very craftily acquired a middle-market daily newspaper, the Sun -- which at that point was a reasonably respected, center-left paper of middlebrow nature.

    Martin Lewis: Murdoch Most Foul Martin Lewis 2011

  • Then he very craftily acquired a middle-market daily newspaper, the Sun -- which at that point was a reasonably respected, center-left paper of middlebrow nature.

    Martin Lewis: Murdoch Most Foul Martin Lewis 2011

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