Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What sparked the political uproar in Europe and the U.S. last week were emotional new charges that each faction in Bosnia is running a network of internment camps where beatings, torture, starvation and even murder are commonplace. International observers have been scrambling to investigate the claims, most of which come from interested parties, but inspectors have largely been kept out of the places they most want to see. Until they get unhampered access, sorting out reality from propaganda will be impossible...
True, the damage would have been more immediate if Roe v. Wade had been overturned, the outcome Bush nominally seeks. That would have outraged pro- choice voters, many of whom supported Bush in 1988 despite his desire to outlaw abortion in most cases. The ardent pro-life faction, an important part of Bush's core constituency, is also disgruntled. It complains that a court controlled by Reagan-Bush appointees has not done away with Roe. Caught between the two groups, Bush had to speak softly. Yes, he approved that part of the court's ruling that allows states to impose...
Early in the campaign, Clinton did not plan to stress abortion or other emotional issues such as school prayer. He wanted to avoid the appearance of catering to "special interests," including feminists. But now Clinton must scrape for every faction, large or small. As the only one of the three candidates favoring the pending bill and promising to appoint pro-choice judges to the Supreme Court, Clinton hopes to stand apart from his rivals...
Robb, 46, is the avuncular public face of a fringe white-supremacist movement whose virulence is growing. His Klan faction, which boasts at least 1,000 active members, is one of the largest white racist groups in the nation. According to professional Klan watchers, he has tapped into a growing market for bigotry. Reported hate crimes, from painting swastikas on synagogues to racially motivated murders, have steadily risen over the past four years; cross burnings alone doubled in 1991. Klanwatch, a monitoring group based in Montgomery, estimates that there are now 346 groups, up from...
...from breaking asunder over such differences. With no potential successor having anywhere near his influence, Arafat's death would almost certainly bring disunity. Among those mentioned as possible heirs is Farouk Kaddoumi, the P.L.O.'s de facto foreign minister. Kaddoumi, one of the founders of the mainstream Fatah faction, considered a hard-liner, has international stature, but he is unpopular among many of his P.L.O. colleagues, in part because of his arrogant demeanor...