Word: faction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Noting that the terrorists belong to a faction that opposes P.L.O. leader Yassir Arafat, Mylroie said the hijacking was likely intended to sabotage peace negotiations currently underway between Arafat and Jordan's King Hussein...
Along similar lines, Assistant Professor of History Zachary Lockman, a specialist in modern Middle Eastern history, said that the Palestinian Liberation Front "wants to undermine Yassir Arafat by attacking Italy, a country with which the Arafat faction has had good relations...
...other political groups almost had % to beg at the door. Christiane Schwartzbard, a Communist member of the Paris city council, bitterly complained about having been overlooked, tartly observing that Picasso himself was a Communist. Retorted Roger Roman, another of the uninvited council members, "Picasso does not belong to a faction, but to France--to the universe...
...club's board of management considered the matter of Samuel Hayes, 75, a retired economist who heads a committee that has been pressing to admit women. In a letter to members, the board described Hayes' crusade as "ungentlemanly." So far, no disciplinary action has been announced. The prowomen faction vowed to push ahead. "The club has suffered from this exclusionary policy," said an unrepentant Hayes last week. "We have cut ourselves off from society." The last time the membership was surveyed on the issue, in 1980, 41% supported the admission of women...
...everyone in the Administration, however, shares Weinberger's--and Reagan's--unalloyed enthusiasm for Star Wars. The latest Soviet offer could have the effect of strengthening the faction inside the Administration that still hopes to obtain an important arms agreement. Reagan wants that as well, if he can somehow reconcile that goal with his desire for an effective defense against nuclear attack...