Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...group that arrived recently at Harvard (call it the King Collins-group for convenience) is probably a good example of this type of over militant faction. Collins encourages participation by the people in the decisions over their lives, and he encourages dialogue on all the essential issues which face the individual. Recognizing the revolutionary, and laudable, aims of this group, it still worries me that all their intentions and methods are bound to cause to kind of disruption that will provide the system of power with an excuse to crush...
...time when Moscow at last seems genuinely interested in exploring ways to curb the arms race. The ABM dispute may also provide the first major confrontation between Richard Nixon and his possible 1972 opponent, Senate Majority Whip Edward Kennedy, who has become a leader of the anti-Sentinel faction and is sponsoring preparation of an exhaustive anti-ABM report...
...truly outstanding mayors of the nation." What was the former Vice President up to? Clearly, he was out to knit together as best he could his party in Illinois while protecting his own interests. He wanted neither to outrage Daley nor to frustrate Adlai Stevenson. Daley represents the faction that had assured Humphrey the presidential nomination last year; Stevenson symbolizes the younger, more independent element that the party-and perhaps Humphrey himself-needs in future battles. But Humphrey seems to have underestimated the native antagonisms that are sundering the party in Illinois...
...many as 57 under secretaries (up from 40), vying for cars, chauffeurs, parking spaces and all the other perquisites of office. There were reasons for the glut. Rumor was intent on maintaining as broad a base of political support as possible, and his crowded Cabinet represented nearly every faction in his lumpy Center-Left government. Despite the skepticism that greeted the crazy-quilt coalition, however, the formation of a government was no small achievement in itself, in view of recent intraparty strife and rising domestic turbulence. Last week strikes and demonstrations by millions of workers and students broke out from...
Edward Kennedy is a politician. He is faced with a youthful faction within the constituency to which he is appealing which wants to change the system. Their form of protest is new and often times ellegitimate. It must be met with action by the authorities...