Word: fractious
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...tranquility of these images is at odds with Abramtsevo's fractious history. In 1899, Vera's dad found himself accused of embezzlement and jailed. Although he was cleared by a Moscow court in 1900, the state seized his railways, and he was financially ruined. However, Mamontov held onto Abramtsevo, and he died and was buried there in 1918. The state turned it into a museum in 1919. The rest is art history. moscow-taxi.com/out-of-town/abramtsevo-estate.html
...right. Iraqi army troops set checkpoints on the main thoroughfares in and out of Sadr City, but they are powerless in the face of the Mahdi Army. "They do nothing. They can't even stop a vehicle," says a member of a separate unit of the fractious militia as he speeds past one of the checkpoints. A pickup truck overflowing with gunmen toting AK-47s roars up from behind. Their shirts are emblazoned with the name of one of the country's most formidable armed groups: MAHDI ARMY, PROTECTION COMMITTEE, 2ND BRIGADE. As they approach the army checkpoint...
...Vrubel. A copy of Serov's The Girl with Peaches (1887, now in Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery) hangs right by the window in front of which the eponymous girl, Mamontov's daughter Vera, sat for the artist. The tranquility of these images is at odds with Abramtsevo's fractious history. In 1899, Vera's dad found himself accused of embezzlement and jailed. Although he was cleared by a Moscow court in 1900, the state seized his railways, and he was financially ruined. However, Mamontov held onto Abramtsevo, and he died and was buried there in 1918. The state turned...
...Spaeth's piece on the Philippines past and present is one of the most penetrating and succinct analyses of the country I have read. We Filipinos keep wishing for change but are perennially fractious and now so demoralized, any change for the better may remain an elusive goal. Isabel Escoda Hong Kong...
...Faculty members were willing to talk openly about the upcoming dean search due to the early state of the process, but many did say that they expect the search to be more challenging than usual due to the current fractious state of Harvard governance...