Word: faction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...laying the groundwork for a negotiated change of government. Two weeks ago Sayed Mohammed Gulabzoi, the once powerful Interior Minister, was suddenly posted to Moscow as ambassador, a kind of exile. His apparent problem: opposition to compromise with the mujahedin. Last week another sympathizer of the hard-line Khalqi faction, Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Ghaffer Lakanwal, defected to the U.S. while in New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly...
...Democrats. They begin each presidential cycle convinced that they have at last redefined their ideology, risen above the folly of faction and rediscovered the magic formula to create a national majority. The jaunty confidence of the Atlanta convention and the euphoria that accompanied summer polls pointing to a Dukakis landslide are a potent illustration of how deeply self-deception is embedded in the party's soul. Each presidential pratfall comes as a stunning surprise, since the Democrats stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that around 1968 or 1972 they ceased to be the nation's natural governing party. The myth structure that...
...defiance and revanchism of what was once a fringe faction of Israeli politics may become the official policy of the Israeli government. That could render impossible what was already immensely difficult: an updating of the original territorial compromise to accommodate Israel's legitimate security needs while preserving the principle that Palestinians are entitled to live under Arab rule...
Voters remain unenthusiastic, to say the least, about both candidates. The "aginner" faction -- those who say they are motivated by hostility to the other ticket -- has grown since TIME's September survey. Further, the electorate still yearns for other options: 43% of Republicans say they would prefer a different candidate; 65% of Democrats are dissatisfied with Dukakis. It comes as cold consolation to Dukakis that fewer voters consider him a negative campaigner (31% vs. 41% for Bush). Similarly, 62% disbelieve Bush's pledge not to raise taxes, and the same percentage think that as President he would favor the wealthy...
...aides to approving scripts of TV spots. The result: insularity and indecision. In addition, Dukakis has failed to inspire loyalty, a quality that Bush prizes, perhaps in the extreme. But at this dour moment in the campaign when true leadership demands discipline, the Dukakis camp has become riven with faction and plagued with press leaks from advisers seeking to salvage their own reputations from the debris of seeming defeat...