Word: splinterable
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Although the ideology may be underminded added Samuel P. Huntington, professor of Government, the split will increase the appeal of communism through out the world. The development of splinter parties will appeal to a broader political base, and attract both radical and moderate elements to the Communist banner...
Just as the Splendid Splinter used to spit at 30,000 fans while rounding third base. Clay mocked Floyd Patterson and the American boxing public by toying with the smaller, slower, weaker opponent for eleven-and-a-half rounds until the merciful referee stopped the show at 2:13 of the 12th...
...seats in the 120-seat Knesset, one more than it had held before the election. With the aid of its traditional allies among the smaller labor, religious and Arab parties, Eshkol should have no trouble when it comes to forming a coalition. Ben-Gurion's Rafi Party, a splinter of the Mapai, formed to challenge Eshkol earlier this year, made a poor showing. Rafi won ten seats, though Ben-Gurion had hoped for 15 or 20. Most observers had thought he would get them too, after Rafi collected 12% of the vote in the September elections for Histadrut...
Pearson called the election in hopes of converting his 127-seat minority government into at least a 133-seat majority. Why? quite a few Canadians ask, since in the 30 months he has been in power he has done just fine with the help of two splinter parties. The economy is humming; unemployment is down to a nine-year low; gross national product is climbing 9% a year. And last week-by no coincidence-Pearson's government announced still another huge overseas wheat sale: a three-year deal with Red China for up to 186.7 million bushels worth...
...fire, an aliment, without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life." Historically, such liberty could have led to splinter-party chaos; the U.S. instead channeled the political urge into two institutionalized parties. In their adversary relationship, they act as delicate checks upon one another, capitalizing on the deep American fear of unrestrained power. Though few voters would switch solely for the abstract value of "saving" the two-party system, many...