Word: discordance
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...project designed to promote tribal unity has resulted in fragmentation and discord...
...ascendance has not been without growing pains. In the past few months, discord has broken out in the ranks of his party and a number of dissidents have pulled away. Still, the L.D.P. has mustered impressive leverage in parliament. Moreover, as Yeltsin's power base grows shakier, Zhirinovsky's brand of shoot-from-the-hip populism has enabled him to bully his way into the small group of candidates vying to be the next President of Russia. "There is a great danger that someone like Zhirinovsky could take over," says Yuli Guzman, a parliamentary Deputy from the democratic Russia...
...everything there is a season. And on Capitol Hill, where legislators are eager to reap the rewards of passing landmark health-care legislation, this is the season to sow -- discord, that is. Currently, five Senate and House committees, each with jurisdiction over health-care legislation, are jostling over the details of "purchasing alliances," "payroll taxes" and "employer mandates," all in an effort to invent the plan that will eventually supplant the Clintons' hopelessly complicated 1,342-page proposal. The lawmakers all know the President is intractable on only one point: universal coverage. Each senses that the American public will balk...
Incidentally, my rooming group for next year will likely contain two Asians, two Hispanics, one Black and one Caucasian. But in the interest of furthering your relentless search for racial discord. I kindly request that you overlook this trivial detail. Kenneth...
There is a long history of mistrust and apprehension on the part of both Palestinians and Israelis. It would seem that the leaders of both sides have finally shown themselves willing to work to put much of this discord behind them...