| 1 | A hunt began for Qaddafi loyalists hiding in the city; Libyan friends told me of nightly roundups, and of gun battles in their neighborhoods. | |
| 2 | President Gbagbo is holed up inside the fortress-like presidential mansion with his last remaining allies and the Republican Guard. | |
| 3 | Its partisans, however, have begun using these incidents to shore up support for the agenda of social democracy and higher taxes. | |
| 4 | Out is the phrase "war on terror", instead the strategy refers explicitly to combating al-Qaeda and its affiliates. | |
| 5 | Partisan politics is often an obstruction to good government. Office politics are often debilitating and counterproductive. |