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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Cutting across lines
Kumar said investigations into the Sep 2 helicopter crash were continuing and appealed to people not to believe rumours.
YSR's son and Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy appealed to people not to resort to violence.
Meanwhile, leaders cutting across party lines condemned attacks on Reliance outlets and called for immediate steps to control television channels to prevent such incidents.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the attacks on Reliance outlets were 'pre-planned'.
State Congress chief D. Srinivas also condemned the mob violence and clarified that the party had no role in these incidents.
He said party leaders would now have to take permission from him before participating in debates on television.
Source :
http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20100108/818/tnl-cases-slapped-against-tv-channel-for.html
Could you please explain to me the meaning of the emboldened parts?
I know the meaning of "party"(different parties in politics), but don't know what they mean by "cutting across lines".
YSR's son and Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy appealed to people not to resort to violence.
Meanwhile, leaders cutting across party lines condemned attacks on Reliance outlets and called for immediate steps to control television channels to prevent such incidents.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the attacks on Reliance outlets were 'pre-planned'.
State Congress chief D. Srinivas also condemned the mob violence and clarified that the party had no role in these incidents.
He said party leaders would now have to take permission from him before participating in debates on television.
Source :
http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20100108/818/tnl-cases-slapped-against-tv-channel-for.html
Could you please explain to me the meaning of the emboldened parts?
I know the meaning of "party"(different parties in politics), but don't know what they mean by "cutting across lines".
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"party lines" refers to the divisions between political parties. "cutting across party lines" means crossing over those divisions, so as to present a united front.
- "party lines" refers to the divisions between political parties.
- "cutting across party lines" means crossing over those divisions, so as to present a united front.
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"party lines" refers to the divisions between political parties. "cutting across party lines" means crossing over those divisions, so as to present a united front.
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