It smacks more than a little of the old Christian Democrats who, by occupying the centre, dominated Italian politics for more than 40 years until they fell apart in a welter of corruption allegations in the early 1990s.
In the midst of the floor, surrounded by paper-strewn desks and computers, a welter of humanity, clothed in yellow, red and blue, dances to an unfathomable tune.
They and their regulators are haunted by the disappearance of Arthur Andersen in 2002 in a welter of litigation after the collapse of Enron.
All things by turns and nothing long, Mr Bates delights in a welter of reference jazz licks intersected by rap, synthesizer, string quartet, surreal vocals the overall sense is that anything can and should happen.
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The Congress of the People (COPE), a breakaway from the ANC that set itself up as a party two years ago, came third in the election, taking 7% of the votes, but has since imploded in a welter of vicious faction-fighting and court cases.
Federal law has banned donations from corporate treasury funds since 1907 in part because individuals could use a welter of corporations to disguise their personal contributions to candidates, and evade the limits at issue in McCutcheon.
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Second, imports also fell sharply last year, thanks in part to a welter of anti-dumping duties.
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Yet, to give Stone his due, he was prepared to take on the chin the welter of homophobic criticism he received for depicting his hero in close homoerotic encounter with the Persian eunuch.
In trade (both goods and services), a welter of impediments persist.
It is hardly surprising that, in trying to apply such standards, courts have produced a welter of conflicting decisions.
He has had to cope with a relegation fight, a seemingly divided squad, injuries to his main signings and a welter of off-field problems to pull the Hammers around and keep them in the Premiership.
Readers may recall our piece early last year on the role of English chicken farmer Antony Fisher in instigating and inspiring this work, carried out today by a welter of organizations at the international, regional and national levels.
Thanks to inflated income reports, and to a welter of taxes and arbitrary fees raised by the township and county, many villagers in Dimuchong pay taxes of over 200 yuan a year more than one-quarter of their meagre income and five times the central-government limit.
Bill Welter, an ex-banker and passionate golfer who got the distilling bug while living in Scotland, makes vodka, bilberry gin, rum, rye and whiskey in Michigan.
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