Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mere Stripling. In Moscow, the consensus among foreign diplomats was that Shelepin's fall had not been caused by policy differences but by power politics. According to one scenario, Shelepin was caught organizing a faction that would have seized power when the ailing Brezhnev retired or died. Now Brezhnev can probably count on eight votes, including his own, on issues that come before the 15 remaining Politburo members. This might enable him to engineer an orderly transfer of power at the 25th Party Congress that is scheduled to begin next February. Current favorite to succeed him, at least...
While many Vietnamese were trying to find some way to leave their nation, President Thieu was insisting that he would stay-much to the dismay of a growing number of his countrymen. Last week the United Buddhist Church called on Thieu to resign. The An Quang Pagoda faction, representing the most outspoken element of the country's Buddhists, has long opposed the President. So have a number of leading Roman Catholics, members of the National Assembly, former Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and such advocates of the "third force" as General Duong Van ("Big") Minh...
...Crimson, "He is receptive to the Presidency in terms of a draft, [and] he would accept a draft." That Muskie does not seek the nomination may indeed be an asset in 1976, not only because of public distrust of politicians who lust after the Presidency, but also because faction-ridden Democrats could more easily settle on a nominee who has not alienated voters in presidential primary elections...
...integrity when it sticks to fundamental civil liberties views," says sometime dissenting Board Member Alan Dershowitz. "I do not think the A.C.L.U. should be involved in movements. It should be there to protect victims of movements." One unresolved current debate illustrates the problem. A women's rights faction recommends making rape prosecutions easier, but that would inevitably collide with the traditional civil libertarian concern for the rights of defendants. Furthermore, the recent activism seems to reflect what even many members agree is an increasingly liberal tilt. In any case, dues-paying members appear to approve the new direction...
Unrivaled Adroitness. By contrast, the radical leaders got only one ministerial post: Opera Composer Yu Hui-yung (Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy) was named Minister of Culture. None of the leading members of the leftist faction, like Mao's flamboyant wife Chiang Ching or her ally Yao Wenyuan, moved upward in either the government or the party...