Word: fractious
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...shift has, it seems, been welcomed by a majority of students, as well it should be. The Core is a hopelessly weak concept, suited perhaps to the fractious political climate of higher education in the late 1970s, but certainly not to the best interests of Harvard undergraduates. It serves paradoxically to limit class choice without offering substantive academic guidance about which texts or concepts students should encounter during their four years in college...
...where until last week the U.S. believed it enjoyed the grudging support of a populace grateful that Saddam sits in a jail cell, awaiting trial for his crimes. There are signs that the siege in Fallujah and the resistance among those loyal to al-Sadr have united the traditionally fractious Shi'ites and Sunnis against a common enemy. In Baghdad half of those who joined a caravan carrying supplies to the mostly Sunni residents of Fallujah were Shi'ite demonstrators loyal to al-Sadr. Some shouted, "Hey, Fallujah, Sunni and Shi'ite coming to save you! Shi'ite and Sunni...
...using this week's summit to escape troubles at home - so why not Silvio Berlusconi? This was one VIP invite the Italian Prime Minister could have used, but the call never came. Instead, Berlusconi is at home dealing with escalating labor unrest, deepening consumer pessimism and fractious coalition partners. It seems that everyone - doctors, judges, steelworkers, bus drivers - is venting anger over Berlusconi's handling of the economy. Last week a one-day strike of some 150,000 doctors and other medical workers forced the cancellation of nearly 700,000 nonemergency operations and appointments. Doctors, who are planning...
Poor Dave. He just had a kid--at 56--so you know he's not the No. 1 guy at home anymore. Now DAVID LETTERMAN is getting overlooked at work too. The fractious relationship between the cantankerous Late Show host and his employer, CBS, endured another flare-up last week after the network began promoting its People's Choice Awards online. Pictured on the website was the cast of Everybody Loves Raymond, perennial CBS faves--and Jay Leno, whose rival show airs on NBC. Letterman, also tapped for an award this year, beseeched his audience, "I'm Dave Letterman...
...implication his premiership. Last week his aides were planning a blitz of new initiatives in health, crime and transport on the assumption he'd at least stay in office, and perhaps emerge safe and dry from both Hutton and tuition fees. They find the alternative - leading a fractious, 1980s-style Labour Party unwilling to follow its leader - so gruesome that they could hardly bear to think about it. "All U.K. experience is that it's a disaster for the governing party to be seen as divided," says one Blair aide. Recrimination and bad press would hand the Conservatives a chance...