His resignation precipitated a leadership crisis.

他的辞职立即引发了领导层的危机。

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The only thing that is certain about that period was that Umno was facing a leadership crisis.

唯一确定的一件事，是当时正是巫统面临领导危机的时刻。

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He praised her leadership during the crisis.

他称赞了她在危机中的领导作用。

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The qualities were public persuasion, crisis leadership,economic management, moral leadership and international relations.

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International Crisis Group, Horn of Africa analyst Rashid Abdi says al-Shabab has a decentralized leadership structure that has been vulnerable to dissent.

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Italy's foreign minister recently called the U.S.leadership in the crisis a "pathetic" failure.

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The Democratic Party has been imploding under a leadership crisis since disappointing results in parliamentary elections.

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Even after the prime minister's seat is filled, Japan's leadership crisis is likely to linger on.

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This suggests that perhaps there is no innovation crisis at all, only a leadership crisis.

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