Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there is factionalism," Alberg retaliated, "there are only two people in the faction. The fact that only two of the 13 executive committee members support their charge speaks for itself." Members of the committee who voted against the slate, he continued, have already lost interest in the "extreme" claims of the two dissidents...
...Congo last week found itself with a new political structure, a new name-and perhaps even a prospect of peace Among the island palms of placid Madagascar, most of the faction leaders me for a sweltering summit parley, agreed to split the nation into eight new sovereign states loosely joined. Tentative title: Confederation of Central African States...
...such a job, he has long had his critics -and their number is increasing. He is not on speaking terms with Congolese President Joseph Kasavubu, scarcely conceals his contempt for Premier Joseph Ileo, and has made little effort to get out and meet the many other bickering faction leaders or to get acquainted with the Congolese people. Although Dayal claims that he has been "spiritually enriched" by the Congo experience, others see him as a bundle of nerves often on the verge of panic. Said one recent visitor: "He gets worked up about a problem, but when...
...planners apparently hoped to stretch this definition to include the technicians too - although it was obvious that the U.N.'s small band of 200 technicians could never take over all the Belgians' jobs. At the very time the U.N. talks of kicking them out, African faction chiefs are in fact struggling to get more. Dozens of black delegations have shown up in Brussels, and recruiters are stationed there on behalf of the Leopoldville government of Joseph Ileo and the Katanga regime of Moise Tshombe...
...ambiguity was deliberate. It recognized that a strong faction of the Faculty opposed taking into account the idea that $82.5 million could be raised considerably easier if people linked it with the problems of the growing college population. But the uncertainty probably also increased the passion of the contending parties...