Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...subsequent gain in Likud's strength made such a move out of the question. Nevertheless, Mr. Harlap predicts the expulsion of Dayan in a few months. If Dayan is forced to leave the labour coalition, he will be followed by the other 10 members of the Rafi faction. Mr. Harlap does not realize that the major change in the Eighth Knesset, as Manachim Begin put it, is that "there is now a majority against the re-partition of the western half of the land of Israel." When the issue of territorial concessions to Jordan comes up, Likud (39 seats), Rafi...
...institutional title-Smithsonian -suggests a museum guide heavy on diagrams and dry prose. In fact, the magazine is as muscular and attractive as the bare-chested young blacksmith who posed for a recent cover picture. He symbolized one faction in a New England town embroiled in a fight over a polluted lake. This month's cover photo is a stark snow scene; the story tells of winter life in Siberia. Inside, other striking color pictures illustrate a variety of lively stories that explore everything from contemporary culture ("Cross-country with Shakespeare") to offbeat Americana (Tom Thumb's wedding...
Hughes became interested in Air West, which was in financial difficulty, in 1968. He was opposed by a faction on the board of directors who insisted that Hughes' tender offer of $22 per share was too low. Indeed, even after stockholders approved a sellout to Hughes at that price, the board voted 13 to 11 to refuse. At that point, the Government charges, Hughes and his cronies put into motion their strategy...
Dirty Action. Whatever faction of Black September or other Palestinian extremist group had committed the atrocities at Rome and Athens, it could hardly have anticipated the wave of shock and anger that erupted from Arab capitals. Even leaders of the major Palestinian commando organizations chimed in; one branded the killings a "dirty action." Many leaders were distressed that the attack damaged the image of the Arabs at a time when their cause was gaining international sympathy. As Cairo's influential Al-Ahram noted, it was difficult "to imagine any benefit from an operation that makes the people of Europe...
...junta. Brigadier general Dimitrios Ioanides, the head of military police, is the most powerful left-over from the previous regime. Ioanides, who has established a reputation for toughness and viciousness, is a man who believes that democracy is either a luxury or a disaster for the Greek people. His faction believes that the student-led revolt was a demonstration of immaturity and that it contained the seeds of anarchy...