Word: splitting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...peace is not what Shahak is bringing to Israeli politics. The left-center Labor party is worried that the Rabin prot?g? will split the ?peace camp? by siphoning off centrist Labor members. That could force Shahak, Benjamin Netanyahu or Labor leader Ehud Barak to stake out extreme positions in order to attract enough votes to form a majority -- just the sort of frenzied coalition-building that left Netanyahu beholden to hard-liners against the peace process. But nobody?s panicking yet. ?Shahak has run very well in the polls, but it's entirely as an unknown entity,? reminds TIME Jerusalem...
...parliament," Netanyahu said in a televised speech to the Knesset Monday night. "And I agree to replace the parliament." Israel's prime minister says the people support his policies (which are essentially an abandonment of the October Wye Plantation agreement) and that it's the Labor party, which split with Netanyahu's governing coalition after he refused to comply with a scheduled withdrawal of troops from the West Bank, that's ignoring the will of the people...
...happen between now and then, however. "It's likely to be a close contest, and who will win is unclear because the country still remains split down the middle between right and left," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. The country has developed a strong consensus for peace, but the devil is in the details over what concessions should be made. The immediate impact of elections "will be to put the whole process on hold," says Beyer. "Netanyahu, who is not eager to implement the latest Wye agreements, will use the election campaign to delay matters until the electorate...
...focus was on published operattas and parodies. Until the 1960s, the productions' support was chiefly organized by wealthy matrons of Boston society who promoted the values of Good Society while barring "undesirable" members. In 1951, the Woman of the Year Award was inaugurated. Shortly thereafter the Club and Theatricals split. Women were then allowed to work in costuming and make-up. In 1967, the Man of the Year Award was initiated, and not until 1973 did the Pudding Theatricals' crew turn...
...first Crimson trip around the ECAC winds down, Harvard enters a pivotal moment in its season. These are Harvard's final two conference games until Christmas vacation. Two upset victories would reverse the team's fortunes immediately. A solid split would at least provide for some holiday cheer and the starting point for a potential second-half renaissance...