Word: factionalized
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...other political groups almost had % to beg at the door. Christiane Schwartzbard, a Communist member of the Paris city council, bitterly complained about having been overlooked, tartly observing that Picasso himself was a Communist. Retorted Roger Roman, another of the uninvited council members, "Picasso does not belong to a faction, but to France--to the universe...
...club's board of management considered the matter of Samuel Hayes, 75, a retired economist who heads a committee that has been pressing to admit women. In a letter to members, the board described Hayes' crusade as "ungentlemanly." So far, no disciplinary action has been announced. The prowomen faction vowed to push ahead. "The club has suffered from this exclusionary policy," said an unrepentant Hayes last week. "We have cut ourselves off from society." The last time the membership was surveyed on the issue, in 1980, 41% supported the admission of women...
...drugs, not players." Thus his emphasis has been on treatment rather than punishment. Some of the players are beginning to favor the commissioner's mandatory testing program as they see the damage that the cocaine scandal is doing to their sport. "There is a growing faction of players that are tired of protecting drug users," St. Louis Cardinals Second Baseman Tommy Herr, the team's player representative, said last week...
What are the prospects for the religious right? Historian Martin Marty judges that it has established itself as a permanent interest group, firmly rooted in American culture, but that it remains only one faction among many. On the other hand, Dallas Theological Seminary's Norman Geisler thinks the conservative Protestant effort has barely begun, and foresees growing bonds between the Fundamentalists and the larger Evangelical movement: "As soon as the Evangelicals and Fundamentalists learn how the system works, and they are learning now, they will be a very, very powerful force--if they maintain their coalition...
...whole country. A man of peace has fallen to the bullets of assassins," he said. The next day Longowal was cremated in his native village with full state honors. The funeral procession included mourners from every faith and high government officials. Conspicuously absent were members of the radical faction of the Akali Dal. The extremists had denounced Longowal as a "traitor" for signing the accord, which will give more economic and political power to Sikhs in the state. But many extremists say they will settle for nothing less than an independent Sikh nation...