Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their students are arrested and disappear. Rumor has it that a certain specified number of military officers' sons and daughters will henceforth be admitted to the University automatically, regardless of their scores on the stiff admissions rest. This should ensure the presence of a vigilant and militant pro-government faction in the University and, ultimately, a reactionary educated group to take power in the government...
...corporation ordered the consolidation of Skelmersdale and Upholland Urban Districts--with farflung repercussions. The Urban Councils of the two districts fought for two years about the name for the new superdistrict. They finally arrived at the brilliant compromise name of Skelmersdale-with-Upholland, over strong opposition from a faction which favored Upholland-with-Skelmersdale...
...realized that the South and West will have more votes than the Midwest and the Northeast at Miami Beach (682 to 634). But he would have drawbacks. Said a former Goldwater stalwart in New Hampshire: "Reagan might be nice, but he will have a big liability from the nut faction-they'll all attach themselves to him and hurt his image. Unless we win over the independent, we'll be in trouble again...
...outlines of Berlin's present political geography were sketched during the early post-war years. At issue then, as now, was the relation of the city to the Bundes-republic. The leftist faction, led by the party head, Franz Neumann, a dedicated socialist, looked at the Bonn government as the seat of reaction. Neumann wanted Berlin to be able to make its own laws, fashion its own institutions from courts to schools. Opposed to him was Ernst Reuter, the first post-war mayor of the city, who sought, successfully, to integrate Berlin with the rest of West Germany...
...worst slump since he led Labor to power in 1964. Despite his efforts, the economy remained stagnant (see BUSINESS). Unemployment, at 555,000, was the worst in 27 years, and the trade gap continued to widen, endangering the stability of sterling. Wilson was under attack from just about every faction in his own party-old-line socialists, because he has resorted to Tory-style restrictions on consumer credit and travel allowances; trade unionists, because he has imposed a freeze on wages; intellectuals, because he seemed only concerned with pragmatics; left-wingers, because he supported the U.S. policy on Viet...