Yet they were also prepared to make concessions to the Shia, the country's majority group.
In Mauritius, there were no more than a few grumbles from the majority Indian group that, until now, has produced every prime minister since independence in 1968.
The Kurdish leader added, "I think the Kurds can play a very important role in re-uniting Iraqi society because they have a very good relationship with the Shiites" -- Iraq's majority Muslim group -- "and they are at the same time mainly Sunnis, " referring to the minority group, which held power under Saddam's Baath Party.
The study found that a majority of participants in the 7-digit group chose the cake, while a majority in the 2-digit group chose fruit.
FORBES: 5 Behavioral Economics Principles Marketers Can't Afford to Ignore
Despite their emphasis on scientific fact, the majority of the group's evidence comes in the form of anecdotal bigfoot sightings collected on their website.
One-third of mobile banking users say they receive text message alerts from their bank, and a majority of this group receives alerts for a low balance.
Currently of the 15 board members 10 are from the majority Plaid Cymru group and the rest are one Liberal Democrat, three independents and two Labour.
The trouble is, as Mr Major showed, that it is impossible to keep out of trouble by doing nothing if you have a tiny majority and a group of unco-operative legislators running amok.
On September 21st, prosecutors from Travis County led by Ronnie Earle (as it happens, the only Democrat left with any real power in the state) indicted three friends of Mr DeLay and eight corporations said to have contributed to Texans for a Republican Majority, a group the former pest exterminator founded, on 32 felony charges.
It's also the top donor to Patriot Majority, a leading Democratic outside group that is running ads to help Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other congressional Democrats.
Some Arcelor shareholders have complained they had little say in the deal with Severstal, which would give the Russian group's majority-owner and chairman, Alexei Mordashov, 32.2% of the enlarged group.
Earlier today, MakeMyTrip announced its majority acquisition of ITC Group, a hotel conglomerate based in Thailand.
FORBES: MakeMyTrip, India's E-Commerce Darling, Changes Course and Stretches Out
To complicate matters, Mr Paniagua's congressional majority depends on a group of slippery defectors, who have shuttled in and out of the Fujimorist benches.
Republicans had long opposed the minimum wage increase pushed by Cuomo, the Assembly's Democratic majority, and a group of Democratic senators who caucus separately from the party and share control of the Senate with Republicans.
In the 2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses, only 17 percent of all caucus-goers were between the ages of 17 and 29, and the majority of that age group was made up of people over the age of 22.
Agreement over the tax had already been reached before the meeting, and the nod from a majority of the Ecofin group of EU finance ministers - a requirement of the enhanced co-operation procedure - was merely a procedural matter, according to the Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan.
No political group has a majority on South Gloucestershire Council, which has been run by cross-party committees since May.
Moreover, no single group has a majority in the chamber, nor is there anything like a stable majority coalition.
Kering will hold a majority stake in the Pomellato group and its CEO, Andrea Morante, will remain in this position with the company.
South Africa's biggest retail lender, Absa, is set to acquire a majority stake in a Nigerian group formed by the merger of three banks.
ECONOMIST: The hard task of reforming Nigeria's banking system
In a poll earlier this year by the Mellman Group, a majority of tea party supporters favored putting taxes on imports from countries with lower environmental standards than the United States.
The group says the majority of trafficked people are women and girls, and experts believe that most of them are sent from Africa and Eastern Europe for the sex trade in Western Europe.
Higher premiums are just the beginning, because virtually all existing policies in the individual market and the vast majority in the small-group market do not cover all of the "essential" benefits mandated by the law.
No ethnic group makes up a majority, and Hispanics, whites, Asians and African-Americans are evenly represented.
WSJ: The Weekend Interview with Annise Parker: The Modern American Boomtown
Whatever the ethnic group, the overwhelming majority of Bosnia's citizens and the citizens of Serbia and Croatia want the same thing.
And this group swelled to a majority in some countries, including China.
FORBES: Money on the Mind: The Psychology of Pay and Incentives.
The automotive and travel services group says the vast majority of those travelers, 28.2 million of them, will hit the roadways for their trip.
CNN: AAA: More travelers to hit the road during Labor Day weekend
Others are also likely saving up for next month's Art Basel, the Swiss contemporary art fair whose owner MCH Group recently bought a majority ownership stake in Art HK. (Next spring, Art HK will be renamed Art Basel Hong Kong.) The fair closes Sunday.
But preliminary results made it clear that no group will win an outright majority in parliament.
应用推荐