Word: faction
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Such harsh criticism of a Bundesbank chief is rarely voiced in Germany. But Tietmeyer, 65, who survived an assassination attempt by the ultraleftist German Red Army Faction, is used to taking the heat for tough decisions. A senior economic-policy bureaucrat and later the top civil servant in the Finance Ministry, he was Germany's negotiator during the contentious exchange-rate talks of the 1980s. A staunch conservative on monetary policy, Tietmeyer nonetheless has supported European integration, and as far back as the 1970s sat on a committee that drafted an early plan for monetary union...
Last spring, when a faction calling itself the Progressive Undergraduate Council Coalition (PUCC) established itself as a force on the council, Nelson created an opposing group, Harvard Students First...
Nelson dismisses criticism that HSF was more politics as usual. He says he initiated this group only to defeat another faction, and that he dissolved HSF once PUCC disbanded at the end of the last academic year...
...activists rehearsed earlier this year in Oregon's special election; working in tandem, they put Democrat Ron Wyden into the Senate seat held for 26 years by Bob Packwood. Now liberal groups like these dominate the independent-expenditures game, directing their efforts against the House G.O.P.'s most vulnerable faction, its 73-member freshman class. Philadelphia's Annenberg School for Communication has cataloged 19 separate organizations that have taken to the airwaves this year; 60% of their messages have supported Democrats. "If the Democrats take control of the House," says congressional analyst Charles Cook, "a lot of credit will have...
...violence. Like cultural minorities in other nations, Palestinians should attempt to resolve disputes within the confines of constructive dialogue. Israel has the greatest interest in peace and would rejoice in the harmonious co-existence of the two peoples. But how can there be a legitimate peace when the minority faction refuses to adhere to law and abstains from the Israeli social contract...