Word: splinteringly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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National, led by White Supremacist Premier Hendrik Verwoerd: United, chief "opposition" group only slightly less racist; Progressive, Liberal, National Union, three splinter groups that urge more rights for the blacks...
...storm and are similar to the eddies in water flowing out of a bathtub, but no one knows just when to expect the dangerous twisters. Usually they are much smaller than Kansas-type tornadoes, and last only a few minutes, whipping down to earth to splinter a few blocks of buildings and then dissipate...
...devout Moslem who neither drinks nor smokes, Youssef Ben Khedda is not regarded as a Communist fin 1956 he actually liquidated a splinter group of Red terrorists in the F.L.N.). though he approves such Communist techniques as the nationalization of industry and political instruction of the Algerian masses. The most potent members of his new Cabinet are such like-minded ex-terrorists as his old comrade in arms. Belkacem Krim, who stays on as Vice Premier and Interior Minister, and tough, able Saad Dahlab. 38, who takes over Krim's old job as Foreign Minister...
...began his career in Leipzig as a cabinetmaker's apprentice at the age of 17 (."I am a carpenter by trade,'' he says proudly today ). Only a hundred miles away was Berlin, where Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht were working to merge their Spartakusbund with the splinter Socialists to form the German Communist Party. In 1920, two years after Rosa and Karl were killed by the authorities for provoking street fights, the merger was accomplished-and Walter Ulbricht was at the meeting. His presence ensured him an exalted role in Communist councils for years to come...
...party system), Ben-Gurion explained: "I've often said that, for me, 40 or 60 seats in the Knesset is the same thing. Only with a majority of 61 can the electoral system be changed." Until that distant time, Israel must limp along with its collection of splinter parties and partnership governments. At week's end, Ben-Gurion set about negotiating for a coalition Cabinet that with luck might hold together-at least until his next resignation...