Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mood of Moderation. To an extent, the new leadership must continue Mao's policy to maintain its own credentials. Moreover, moderation seems to be the mood of the country. Evidently, ordinary Chinese are simply tired of the nearly constant political tub thumping by the radical faction in Peking. Without Mao's active backing, the radicals in the leadership may find it difficult to pursue their preferred programs without risking a loss of support from powerful provincial leaders...
...with the agreement of Lebanon's Christian leadership and a moderate group of Moslems, Israel is moving to wipe out forever the Palestinian guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon. As Foreign Minister Yigal Allon said last week, "A situation will be created in which we will not permit any faction to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to act against Israel from Lebanese regions close to the border...
...Netherlands with "unacceptable" behavior in his dealings with Lockheed. Although the commission found no proof that Bernhard actually received the $1.1 million that Lockheed allegedly paid him, the Dutch parliament last week somberly debated whether the 65-year-old royal consort should be prosecuted. A tiny left-wing faction favored prosecution. But Protestant Anti-Revolutionary Party Leader Willem Aantjes summed up the views of many: "History shows the faithfulness of the House of Orange toward The Netherlands. Let us now show the loyalty of Holland toward Orange." The chamber voted overwhelmingly against prosecution...
Agreement broke down over the choice of a presidential slate. One faction was led by another former Governor of Georgia, fast-talking, flamboyant Lester Maddox, 60, who charged that George Wallace had "joined the pointy-headed bureaucrats." John R. Rarick, 52, a former Louisiana Congressman who is anti-black and antiSemitic, headed up another. An articulate former New York judge, Robert Morris, 61, now president of the University of Piano in Texas, was the choice of the intellectuals, including William Rusher, publisher of National Review. Richard Viguerie, 42, a direct-mail specialist and publisher of Conservative Digest, was picked...
Maddox won on the first ballot-a victory that bitterly disappointed the intellectual faction. It also stirred talk among them to try to form yet another party, one divorced from Maddox and his segregationist image...