Judging by his recent declarations, the centre-right Mr Sarkozy has taken a decidedly leftward turn.

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So if you continue your leftward swipe, the bar turns brown with a little list icon.

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Initial concerns that Mauricio Funes will take El Salvador immediately leftward are well founded but debatable.

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Despite an overall leftward nudge, ARENA won the San Salvador mayoral race for the first time.

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As events pulled Syriza leftward and swelled its support, one final split took place that may prove highly significant.

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Fighting that leftward shift will require, at the least, more concrete ideas about how to help the losers from globalisation.

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Thanks to the slight leftward turn of her face, a pearl can be seen suspended from her ear, like a stray satellite.

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American demographics and politics do not favor a leftward march.

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The two other city-states should maintain their leftward tilt.

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Look leftward, then rightward--show me the brilliant seers.

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He said the Nineties might see a Democrat in the White House, but that had more to do with bad campaigning by the Republicans than it did with a leftward shift in the body politic.

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"Hey, that Japan Air may know it but they have fuel spewing out the leftward wing quite a bit, " the pilot of another plane told the control tower, which radioed the JAL crew and halted takeoff.

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But in recent years, its political center of gravity has tilted leftward: It went for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, voted to legalize recreational marijuana last year, and state lawmakers this year voted to allow civil unions for same-sex couples.

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Whether policy experts believe that Mauricio Funes and the FMLN will do their best to follow the Chavez model or they accept Funes as a moderate, the political climate in El Salvador does not lend itself to a strong leftward shift.

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