Word: factionalized
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...State Henry Kissinger of "bowing and scraping" before the Russians because he had no faith in the American people and wanted to accommodate to what he considered to be the Red wave of the future. Now Ford will be under increasing pressure from right-wing Republicans and a faction in the White House to dump Kissinger...
...color opposite). It was clear that the disturbances went far beyond the narrow issue of respect for the late Premier. They were also expressions of support for the kind of consistent, moderate policies mapped out by Chou-and supported by Teng-and opposed by the radical faction that claims to speak for Mao himself...
...hands of four elected officers: the steward, whose job it is to buy food and arrange cooking, the job chairman who assigns cleaning duties, the treasurer and the president. The committee of the longhouse is selected by unanimous decision at a house meeting so as to represent every major faction in the village. There are no special portfolios. Instead, the committee jointly takes responsibility for corporate house activities. On major ritual occasions they must ensure that food is assembled for the throng and the proceedings are orderly. The great annual festival is called "cleaning the house," although the pollution removed...
...threatening the Atomic Energy Commission: "I think that the AEC must be made to realize that I am dedicated to the minimum request made of them [to delay the explosion]. That if they do not grant it, I will ally myself completely with the all-out anti-bomb faction throughout the entire U.S. That this group had only been waiting for a strong leader and I am ready to dedicate the rest of my life and every cent I possess in a complete no quarter fight to outlaw all nuclear testing of every kind and everywhere...
This week's riots in Peking appear to be a retaliation by China's moderate faction against desecration of a memorial to the late Premier Chou En-lai and against leftist moves to prevent Teng Hsiao-ping from succeeding Chou permanently, University Sinologists said yesterday...