* Radical Democracy: Politics is too often conducted in a polarised, confrontational atmosphere and in a situation remote from those that it affects.

When the overall situation is amicable, it can mean that a person is thinking deeply about what is being discussed, but in a serious or confrontational situation, it can mean that a person is expressing opposition.

The last time the city council was elected in October 2006 during the post parliamentary election period when there was no state government with Parliament ’ s confidence and the situation was highly confrontational between the two strongest Czech parties – the Civic Democrats ODS and Social Democrats ČSSD.

Their appearance is less confrontational and threatening than tanks, and their size and maneuverability is said to be more compatible with tight urban spaces designed for wheeled vehicles.

His message can be described as confrontational and controversial, which can be related to the political climate of most of the African countries in the 1960s, many of which were dealing with political injustice and military corruption while recovering from the transition from colonial governments to self-determination.

Over the years Love gained considerable notoriety for her unpredictable live performances, distinguished by subversive, confrontational behavior and verbose interaction with the audience.

Although born from the same history of Unix, Internet free software, and the hacker culture as the free software movement launched by Richard Stallman and his Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative was formed and chose the term open source, in Michael Tiemann's words, to " dump the moralizing and confrontational attitude that had been associated with ' free software ' in the past and sell the idea strictly on the same pragmatic, business-case grounds that had motivated Netscape.

The New York duo Suicide played spare, experimental music with a confrontational stage act inspired by that of The Stooges.

Today the term " ecology movement " is associated often with the more moral, more confrontational, and more rigorous stance taken by Greenpeace and other even more radical NGOs, e. g. Earth First, Earth Action, Sea Shepherd, in favor of the Precautionary Principle and strong fundamental preventive measures for biosafety, biosecurity and biodiversity.

Gira was also notably confrontational with the audience, such as stepping on people's fingers resting on the stage, pull people's hairs, and notably beating up anyone caught in the crowd headbanging, something Gira detested.

His often loud, abrasive and confrontational live performances fitted well with the punk rock scene developing on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Suicide emerged alongside the early glam punk scene in New York, with a reputation for their confrontational live shows.

They are known for their confrontational style, combined with socialist lyrics focused on both militant social justice and Pan-Africanism.

* Members of the UN Security Council express unease with some of UNSCOM's confrontational tactics

Often considered controversial for his frequently confrontational lyrics and spoken messages, he wrote some notable songs alone or with his wife, Melody Green, including " Your Love Broke Through ", " You Put This Love in My Heart ", and " Asleep in the Light ".

His government also had a confrontational relationship with labour unions.

Because of Mao's popular association with Zhang's enemy, Cao Cao, Mao interpreted this as implying a confrontational relationship.

In mid-1968, the band enlisted the creative, highly rhythmic, but unstable and often confrontational American vocalist Malcolm Mooney, a New York-based sculptor, with whom they recorded the material for an album, Prepared to Meet Thy Pnoom.

He maintained a defiant, populist image, while he shifted toward a less confrontational stance with the federal government, particularly during the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, with each of whom he remained cordial, and both of whom carried Arkansas.

Though humanists continued to use their scholarship in the service of the church into the middle of the sixteenth century and beyond, the sharply confrontational religious atmosphere following the Protestant reformation resulted in the Counter-Reformation that sought to silence challenges to Catholic theology, with similar efforts among the Protestant churches.

With Harper's reputation growing, Pink Floyd's manager Peter Jenner signed him to a long-term ( and at times confrontational ) deal with EMI's ' underground ' subsidiary, Harvest Records.

The album's second single, the confrontational " Case of the Ex ", proved to be a different matter and was a dance-heavy jam with attitude on it.

Reuther rejected 30-40 and decided to concentrate on total annual wages, displaying a new corporatist mentality that accepted management's argument that shorter hours conflicted with wage increases and other job benefits and abandoning the old confrontational syndicalist position that shorter hours drove up wages and protected against unemployment.

He is best remembered for his shot-making artistry and superb volleying ; for his famous rivalries with Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl ; for his confrontational on-court behavior which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities ; and for the catchphrase " You cannot be serious!

He is always confrontational and aggressive, frequently picking fights with his staff and guests while on-air, and his efforts to resolve problems ( such as airing the BBC's emergency all-purpose propaganda film ) frequently make bad situations even worse.

That same year, following the arrest of party secretary Baha al-Din Nuri, Abd al-Karim Ahmad al-Daud became party secretary and began to promote a far-left line as well as a considerable level of confrontational activity.

Oz later blamed himself for the tension and cited his tendency to be confrontational rather than nurturing in response to Brando's acting style.

American Christian rock historian John J. Thompson identifies several factors in the collapse of Solid Rock, including possibly an over reliance on Norman's celebrity ; Norman's confrontational lyrics and music, which alienated both the Christian and mainstream music industries ; Norman's over-commitment, including producing almost all of the Solid Rock albums, contributing songs, and singing backing vocals ; and " by releasing high-quality music by the best bands, Norman doomed his label to almost certain failure.

While appreciated as a unique vocalist, Yow was more often cited for his confrontational antics on-stage, often leaping into the crowd or taking off his clothes. He was also known to lick members of the crowd while climbing all over them and sometimes striking up conversation mid song.

There were two confrontational interviews in which Harrison went over pretexts for not giving Hodgkin a promotion ( to Assistant Physician ); Hodgkin had also been ill not long before.

Raphael continues to challenge Leonardo's decisions in this incarnation as well, as Raphael and Leonardo often argue over what to do in certain situations, Raph usually favoring a direct and confrontational approach.

The New York Post in a 2002 article cited supposedly secret documents of recent provenance that suggest that the IWP is still carrying out a disciplined revolutionary strategy ; however, it appears now to be a Gramscian one based on a long-range goal of capturing hegemony over cultural, educational and other superstructural positions in American society, rather than a continuation of the IWP's earlier model of achieving power through street agitation and confrontational organizing.

While the arrangement is initially confrontational, with Jack and Jennifer constantly verbally sparring with each other, but Jack rekindles her love for him when he rescues her after her car goes over a bridge.

The Andermani Empire, at the encouragement of the Republic's secretary of state, has adopted a confrontational stance with Manticore over the chaos-ridden Silesian Confederacy, and Honor Harrington is sent to the planet Sidemore, located near Silesian space, with a task force.

The new format, which featured a more confrontational style and was structured more in the traditional " chairs, guest, and host " talk-show format, though the previous set was carried over, was not a hit and was cancelled in April 2000.

In 1886, the society had a confrontational split over the issue of promoting foreign music, with the conservative Saint-Saëns facing off against Franck, Vincent d ' Indy, and others.

His eccentric and confrontational style did not earn him many friends and he had a difficult time finding work after his studies ended.

Robert Blumenschine proposed the idea of confrontational scavenging, which involves challenging and scaring off other predators after they have made a kill, which he suggests could have been the leading method of obtaining protein rich meat by early humans.

However, the main clear goal was to have a " fresh start " after the confrontational Bennett years.

A 2002 article in The Boston Globe said chavismo " fueled the eruption of public fury that swept the charismatic and confrontational president back into power after a group of military officers deposed him for two days in April in favor of a businessman-president ," adding that the " Chavismo phenomenon has almost religious qualities.

O ' Brien was eventually victorious, but his blunt and confrontational style caused him to lose his position after only a short time in office.

He lost to the Christian Democrat party ( DC – Democrazia Cristiana ) after a highly confrontational campaign in which the United States, viewing him as a Cold War enemy, played a large part.

Reportedly, the two actresses quickly refused to speak to each other and the producers had to film their confrontational scenes separately and then splice them together ; Turner was written out of the show soon after.

The match started after a confrontational New Zealand haka, with Australia choosing to march forward to face the Kiwis rather than watching from the usual several metres away.

According to one observor: " after a number of conciliatory engagements and interactions with the West ", the Brotherhood, retreated into its comfort zone of inflammatory rhetoric intended for local consumption: all suicide bombers are ` martyrs `; ` Israel ` regularly became the Jews `; even its theological discourse became more confrontational and oriented to social conservatism.

* Dec. 1966-After being let out of federal prison after one year, Sam Giancana was then deposed as Outfit front boss, due to his high-profile lifestyle and his surly, confrontational demeanor to authorities that brought an abundance of " heat and light " on Chicago's underworld.

She then worked at XFM before being headhunted by BBC Radio 1 after a confrontational interview on XFM with Radio 1's Trevor Dann.