Word: factionalized
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...congratulating the Russians on the 50th anniversary of their revolution last November, Dubček remained behind to organize his revolt against Novotný. Using Slovak grievances over their neglect and the bungled state of the economy as rallying cries, Dubček won the party's "liberal" faction to his cause. Back from the Soviet Union, Novotný quickly found himself outmaneuvered and outvoted in the Presidium, whose interminable meetings last month degenerated into angry personal clashes between Novotn...
...worries come from without. He must also contend with his 40-odd half brothers, all princes, who are maneuvering to place their own man on the throne when Feisal, now approaching 65 and suffering from stomach ulcers, retires or dies. So far, the King has managed to play one faction off against the other. To hold their brotherly love, he also distributes monthly allowances ranging from $8,444 for minor princes to $333,000 for the officially designated crown prince, sees that they get "commissions" on every foreign investment in Saudi Arabia...
...years ago, Frei has been hounded in Congress by a coalition of Communists, leftists and Socialists that has blocked almost all of his major reform legislation. Now the far left is making a determined grab for the reins of his own Christian Democratic Party. Six months ago, a rebel faction led by Jacques Chonchol, Frei's director of agricultural development, managed to ram through a party resolution permitting Castro's chief subversion agency in the Hemisphere, OLAS, to set up a branch office right in Santiago...
...number of staid Swiss violently dissented. Some felt that the city's funds would be better used for hospitals and schools, while others simply disliked Staechelin (many a Easier had owned stock in the airline, and many others lost their jobs when it went bankrupt). The anti-Picasso faction drummed up enough signatures on a petition to force a referendum. After a spirited campaign, the city opted last week to buy the Picassos by a vote of 32,118 to 27,190. With the money assured, the city government cannily required the foundation, as part of the final transaction...
...from oil for the lamps of India to power generated by a subsidiary in Hong Kong. Affiliates also offer lodging in Esso motels and meals from Esso restaurants. The company could probably topple a few governments and settle some revolutions by selective payment of its oil royalties to one faction or another. "It's fantastic," says a U.S. State Department official, "what powers they have and how coolly they play their cards...