Often the factory manager serves as the party branch leader.

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Their priority is more likely to be Bishop Su Zhimin, 65, leader of the underground branch of the Roman Catholic Church, detained for about three weeks in October, now released but apparently confined to his home.

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The Palestinian leader is once again holding an olive branch and a gun.

ECONOMIST: Hopeless in Gaza

Or, most likely of all, he could ask Massimo D'Alema, the leader of the Democrats of the Left, the main branch of the ruling Olive Tree coalition to try to form a government himself.

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Absentee ownership or running the franchise out of a different city might work for certain franchises and leagues, but the Dodgers need a leader who will live within the community and will immediately extend an olive branch to a rightfully disgruntled and ambivalent audience.

FORBES: Dodgers' Path To A New Owner Begins With Character And Integrity

By laying these boundaries out very clearly a leader will help their employees operate more effectively while giving room for employees to branch out and experiment in a safe environment.

FORBES: Becoming A Great Leader Is A Lifelong Quest, But One Well Worth Pursuing

His demands remain that there will be no meaningful Israeli withdrawal until there is a "total end" to Palestinian violence, root-and-branch reform of the PA's police forces and the removal of Mr Arafat as PA leader.

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As the military considers sweeping changes for women, a senior Air Force leader told a House panel examining a sexual-abuse scandal at a Texas base on Wednesday that his branch of the military needs to improve its culture to root out problems, such as binge drinking and vulgar images, that can be conducive to sexual harassment.

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