Word: splinterable
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Such a complication, Wright said, was part of Hussein's strategy to splinter the united front against him. "It changes the configuration of the war," said the Middle East expert "The attack would be to break up the alliance...
...republican government that is dominated by the Romanian-speaking majority. In Kishinev, Moldavia's capital, the parliament bowed to an ultimatum from Gorbachev and agreed to reconsider laws promoting rights for ethnic Moldavians; in return, the parliament was assured that local secessionists would halt their efforts to splinter the republic...
...says Foreign Minister Shevardnadze, who helped liquidate the cold war, in a fiery resignation. And the hard right is in fact well organized, while democrats splinter. Worse, popular support seems to be swinging toward a crackdown. -- The U.S. deputy commander of American forces in the gulf says his troops won't be ready for war on Jan. 15 -- hardly the message Bush wants Saddam Hussein to hear. -- Is Germany fated to be haunted by revelations about former spies...
...been suggested by Dr. Michael Brownlee, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Glucose, Brownlee observes, is chemically active, combining with proteins in the blood and blood-vessel walls. Over time, these sticky fragments aggregate to form what Brownlee calls "biological superglue." Like a splinter lodged in a foot, this superglue is a source of constant irritation, which signifies, to the body, damage in need of repair. The disastrous result: a spurt of new growth that thickens the walls of capillaries and arteries, constricts blood flow and damages critical organs...
Kach as an organization will probably not survive for long. The movement was held together by Kahane's intensely charismatic personality, and there is no heir-apparent ready to take over. Chances are that the party will splinter, as so many other Israeli political movements have done in the past, and lose many members to other right-wing parties. The fanatical anti-Arab sentiment of Kahane's followers will probably survive without...