Word: schism
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...Teamsters would not only rival the power of the U.A.W., it would also become known as America's most corrupt union. That the two men, almost polar opposites, should have existed in the same city at the same time is not just remarkable. Their differences would define the deepest schism in American labor, splitting the movement into two irreconcilable camps, one progressive and idealistic, the other conservative and avaricious...
...side, but common faith doesn't make them friendly. In fact, each despises the other's brand of Islam. Now Iran's Shi'ite leaders and the Sunni Taliban militia that has nearly succeeded in imposing its rule over most of Afghanistan are threatening to turn an ancient theological schism into a fighting...
Before leaving for Rome, Weakland told TIME he admires John Paul's character, but suggested a theologian could "find ways of relooking" at the Pope's ban on female priests. He plans to state his fear of a schism "in the context of not wanting the Catholic Church to undergo what has happened to the Jewish community or the Lutherans, where groups seldom talk to each other." Framed that way, the plaint almost obligates John Paul to talk back...
...force the organization to endorse tighter limits on immigration. Kuper argues that immigration fuels population growth, which degrades the American environment. In a binding referendum this week, the club's 550,000 members will decide whether they agree. Sierra Club member Leon Kolankiewicz sees the emergence of a "schism between globalists and those who want to focus on the American environment...
...cover story tells of a very real divide between American and Israeli Jews through the microcosm of a 50th anniversary celebration gone awry. But in the process--and just in time for next Thursday's celebration of Israeli Independence Day--journalist Craig Horowitz manages to confuse a cultural schism with political separation...