Word: factionalism
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...PORTMAN is anticipating a range of responses to her spare new hairdo. "Some people will think I'm a neo-Nazi," the Garden State star suspects, "or that I have cancer or I'm a lesbian." We would also like to warn her of a probable "Hey, Sinéad!" faction. You see, this isn't like Britney Spears going brunet. Portman, the exotically coiffed Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith, allowed her petite pate to be shaved on camera in Berlin last week, a process she describes as "really exciting." The 23-year...
...community, and more influential clerical and political groups have thus far kept their distance from the new order. That has created a situation where the insurgents have the loudest Sunni voice in the current political landscape. Although the spectacular terror strikes of the Zarqawi-led al-Qaeda faction may get the most headlines, the bulk of the insurgency is believed to be composed of Sunni fighters motivated by a combination of nationalist and Islamist sentiments and led by mid-level intelligence and military operatives of the old regime. They have systematically targeted the building blocks of stability...
...complicate matters, an intense power struggle divides his staff. A conservative faction of aides, including Schwarzenegger's chief of staff, is at war with a liberal one led by Arnold's wife Maria Shriver, who has taken a newly aggressive role in trying to burnish his image. "Nobody really knows who is in charge," says Allan Hoffenblum, a Republican strategist in Los Angeles. "His followers want to rally around the flag, but they can't find the flagpole." The Governor's spokesman, Rob Stutzman, says the press has been "mischaracterizing robust discussion as a split...
...wily financier played out his hand, a third potential offer for TWA suddenly arose from a group of the airline's workers, led by white-collar, non-unionized employees. Advised by Christopher Bond, a former Governor of Missouri, this faction had reportedly raised more than $1 billion in the financial markets of Western Europe in an effort to top the Icahn and Lorenzo bids...
...bullet speak." For the moment, Unionist politicians ruled out disruptive street demonstrations and strikes because they were fearful of causing further damage to the province's already ailing economy, with its 21.8% unemployment rate. But they did schedule a mass rally in Belfast for this weekend, and one extremist faction, the Ulster Freedom Fighters, threatened violence...