Word: schisms
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...Middle East isn't the only issue on which American and European collaboration is vital. Rebuilding Iraq, stanching nuclear proliferation, and finding ways to engage with the Muslim world - the E.U. believes it has contributions to make on all these fronts. But after years of schism caused by the war in Iraq, should Europe redouble its efforts to work with the second Bush Administration - or go it alone? French President Jacques Chirac made one of the most ardent postelection declarations of European independence. "Now more than ever, [Europe] has the need, the necessity, to strengthen its dynamism and unity when...
Bloom went so far as to resign from the English department of Yale in 1976 for this growing schism in English studies, as well as the Modern Language Association and the English Institute “with a letter blasting them” for adherence to this trend...
...effective leader of this year’s men’s heavyweight crew has experienced little schism thus far between his craft and his spirituality...
Until this year, few would have picked St. Alban's as a model for schism. Arriving in 1992, Beach transformed an aging, liturgically conservative, 35-member congregation by initiating community-outreach programs and a livelier second Sunday service. Before long, the place was hopping. Attendance topped 200, and grateful Albanites invested in a $1.6 million parish hall and a $100,000 pastor's office. They knew Beach strongly opposed the Robinson elevation--he had conducted "burial rites" for Episcopalianism at the time--but most of them agreed with him and were willing to battle beside him for a denominational reversal...
...most vocal opponents. But lingering resentment over the illegal monopoly and dissatisfaction with the commercialization of the college game due to its widespread appeal was reported to have guided the decision to remain committed to the previous non-compliance policy, while maintaining suspicion that a schism was in the works...