Word: discordances
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...discourage speakers from speaking against the welfare bill or the party's support of abortion rights. "We're not afraid of debate," said party chairman Christopher Dodd. One of Clinton's most vocal critics on the welfare issue, Jesse Jackson, said the convention should highlight the unity, not the discord, in the party. "In 1968, when the issue was warfare, the big tent split and we lost," Jackson said. "Now, the issue is welfare, the big tent must not split." Vice President Al Gore already began the effort to ease the fears of liberals about the bill, saying that...
...Discord among Cambridge neighborhood organizations may jeopardize a June agreement between Harvard and the Cambridge City Council over the fate of nearly 700 of the University's formerly rent-controlled apartments...
...this summer, the only thing that's really engaged off-hours attention has been the Joe Klein/Anonymous discord, and that's only because there's not enough passive political gossip to fuel even the most curious of wonks...
...conflict flares on Yale's campus over contract disputes, the scene for similar discord at Harvard has been set with continued debate over the issue of benefits...
...acting chair of the school committee is any indication of his objectivity, as the senior member of the school committee. I urge the City Council to provide our committee with a permanent chair who seeks to promote cooperation among members rather than create an atmosphere of discord and ill-will. --Alfred B. Fantini, Member, Cambridge School Committee