Word: rift
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...writing her highly praised book about their mother, Tricia turned over her diary. That closeness has been strained this spring, as a battle over how to spend a $19 million bequest from Nixon crony Bebe Rebozo turned into a nasty lawsuit pitting one sister against the other. The rift began in 1997 as Tricia and Julie argued over how the Richard Nixon presidential library should be run. Tricia's side wants a small board dominated by the sisters, funding for pro-Nixon scholars and the ouster of John Taylor, the library's longtime director, who was selected by Nixon himself...
...writing her highly praised book about their mother, Tricia turned over her diary. That closeness has been strained this spring, as a battle over how to spend a $19 million bequest from Nixon crony Bebe Rebozo turned into a nasty lawsuit pitting one sister against the other. The rift began in 1997 as Tricia and Julie argued over how the Richard Nixon presidential library should be run. Tricia's side wants a small board dominated by the sisters, funding for pro-Nixon scholars and the ouster of John Taylor, the library's longtime director, who was selected by Nixon himself...
...burakumin are outcasts in Japanese society. Discriminated against since the 15th century, the burakumin were undertakers and public executioners, and some still work in trades considered impure in Buddhism and Shinto. Though some measures have tried to recompense for past isolation, a rift between burakumin and the rest of society exists even today...
...real earthquake hit Cambridge this weekend, aftershocks from the public rift between University President Lawrence H. Summers and outgoing Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 continued to shake the campus, as students participated in rallies questioning Summers’ commitment to diversity and an act of protest that implied Summers was racist...
...survivors of childhood sexual abuse find reconciliation too painful. Writes Davis: "Time, distance and life experience can blur the edges of anger and blame, yet time alone does not guarantee the ability to let go." Both authors agree, however, that repairing the relationships is worth the effort because a rift can cause stress for the whole family--not to mention what it does to those carrying the grudge. As Kate Gillen, 48, recalled when interviewed by Davis, "Finally, I asked myself, 'Is this where I want my energy to go?' And I made a decision that no matter how justified...