Word: schism
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...most serious criticisms continue to be based on a philosophical schism that has divided the council throughout the existence of rent control. While CCA members and Velluci see the need for social constrainst to protect the poor and elderly, many of the Independents continue to resent city codes which prevent landlords from dealing in the free market. Rent control, they say, subsidizes many wealthy professionals, discourages maintenance, and victimizes landlords...
Financial aid, career opportunities and feelings of alienation are the issues that most concerned Harvard's working-class students at the first meeting of Working-Class Students at Harvard, a group formed last year to "bridge the schism between the two worlds of working-class students," last night in Phillips Brooks House...
...early church. In the mid-5th century, however, the Coptic church defied orthodox Christian teaching by adhering to the so-called Monophysite heresy, the belief that Jesus Christ had one nature that mystically united his humanity and divinity, rather than two distinct natures, human and divine. Schism ensued, and Coptic Christians were persecuted under the Byzantine Empire...
...abdication. Benedict IX (1032-45) sold his office outright to the reforming Pope Gregory VI; Celestine V (Aug. 29-Dec. 13, 1294) resigned to become a hermit after realizing he was not suited for the job; Gregory XII (1406-15) abdicated as part of a deal to end a schism and reunite the church. But Vatican insiders insisted that John Paul believes God has chosen him for the office, and will not voluntarily give it up. Besides, asked a Vatican official, "what do you do with an ex-Pope, especially if he is as strong a man as Wojtyla...
...helped by a resumption of the draft. The notion that we will have a better, more fit Army if it's made up of unwilling soldiers is absurd. The task of national leadership is to restore the love our people have for our system, not to widen the schism of misunderstanding by again pitting generation against generation...