Word: conflict
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Another point of conflict was the proposed construction of a new, 200-seat B10 European Airbus, a mainly Franco-German project that is aimed ambitiously at loosening the U.S. hold on the world's commercial aircraft market. To enhance the Airbus' chances, the French and Germans have tried to persuade the British to join in its development, with a standing offer to build the wings and other key parts...
...never-ending conflict between continent and island, the basic problem seemed to be just that: they cannot. After nearly a decade, British public opinion still has failed to swing behind the Common Market; moreover, both Tories and Laborites are still internally divided on the question. With a general election looming in October, even pro-European politicians in Britain were not anxious to promote an unpopular cause. All they had to do was look at the polls. The most recent one showed that a majority of Britons?48% to 43%?favor quitting the Common Market altogether...
...avowed anti-Communist who once wrote a pseudonymous indictment of religious persecution in East bloc countries, Giovannetti intended his novel to dramatize the conflict between Marxism and Christianity. Progressively affected by his priestly role, Panin in the end undergoes a spiritual conversion. He defects to the Vatican, and after offering himself in exchange for the real Righi (who has been kept alive by the Soviets for a possible exchange in case Panin was captured) goes to his execution in Moscow's Lubyanka prison...
...dock, are being recalled to China?empty. Despite all the invective, both countries have agreed to resume discussions of their differences in Hanoi next week. Foreign observers, however, doubt that the low-level talks will do much to resolve what appear to be the real reasons for the neighborly conflict: Hanoi's anger at Chinese support for Viet Nam's hostile neighbor, Cambodia, and Peking's fear of expanding Soviet influence in Viet...
Henry C. Moses, dean of freshmen, said yesterday that "the purposes of the organization have been refined quite a lot" in the last three weeks. Moses had earlier expressed some apprehension about whether SHS would conflict with existing advising programs...