In government I had become something of an expert in Washington politics and in academe I have inadvertently become something of an expert about academic politics.

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Theofanis Exadaktylos, an academic from the Greek Politics Specialist Group and a lecturer at the University of Surrey, says the sale of Hellinikon airport is a "priority" for the government and would boost the local economy.

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The transition from the front lines of politics to the academic world is one Stephanopoulos says he's ready to begin.

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It is especially embarrassing for Mr Simitis, an academic before he went into politics, that many Greek students are moving abroad.

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In their report Matt Flinders, a senior academic with Sheffield University's Politics Department, says the problem is with the Parties themselves.

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Individuals with the personality trait that most strongly predicts an inclination toward liberal politics also predict an attraction to academic careers.

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Another Labour peer, Lord Giddens, an academic who has written a book on the politics of climate change, also praised some of the policies of the government.

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He has always been interested in the intersection of economics and politics, rather than in economics as a purely academic or ideological pursuit.

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The NDP is also profiting from the travails of Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal leader, who entered politics in 2006 after spending most of the three previous decades working as a journalist and academic in Britain and the United States.

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