Word: fractiously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Begin seems less and less in control of his fractious ministers. At the Cabinet meeting that led to the bitter exchange between Yadin and Sharon, the Premier admitted that he had not read the minutes of the committee report on the settlements, despite the fact that they had been sent to his home. Even one of Begin's protective aides admits deep concern: "It seems that his physical condition is deteriorating quickly. I do not know when, but he will have to quit the premiership. It might happen tomorrow, next week-or next year...
...Despite his admirable efforts in the Middle East, on the Panama Canal, in the SALT negotiations, in human rights, Carter has not been able to find within himself the passion, the spiritual heat, to inspire. He still gazes out upon his fractious and occasionally ungovernable countrymen with wondering ice-blue eyes too often predisposed to see the small picture...
Though success still eluded Harvard, the batsmen ended their fractious ways under the leadership of genial rookie coach Alex Nahigian. Mark Bingham and Mike Stenhouse took one-two in GBL batting and senior hurler Tim Clifford finished second on the Eastern League pitching roster...
...vote ended months of uncertainty over who would hold power in Lisbon. The Socialists, who are the largest party in the fractious Assembly, rejected the previous government, which was formed last summer by Alfredo Nobre da Costa, an apolitical technocrat, at the behest of President Antonio Ramalho Eanes. Eanes had just dropped Socialist Party Chief Mario Scares from the premiership after his governing coalition with the conservative Center Democrats fell apart. Scares was incensed by his ouster and was particularly upset because Eanes had not consulted the political parties before choosing Nobre da Costa. The former Premier insisted Eanes' action...
...lately Algeria has borrowed to the point that even interest payments on its $6 billion debt are a concern. Too many of the new industries require only a small labor force, providing little help for unemployed young Algerians. Agriculture is inefficient. Boumedienne also involved the country in a fractious feud with Morocco and Mauritania over the future of the former Spanish Sahara...