Word: strife
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...consider that the democratic forms of government with which we are familiar must be most suited to the needs of all other peoples. We recognize, on the contrary, that a wide variety in forms of government is compatible with social justice. . . . Without a family spirit [among nations] renewed strife is inevitable. . . . If the treaty makers are genuinely desirous of creating the conditions for peace, they must bring to the conference table a determination not to further their own political creed, but to restore a sense of security to the people of all nations...
From Bulgaria came disquieting reports of complete Russian domination through the Red Army and the Minister of the Interior, Anton Yugoff, veteran Communist. In Rumania there was an almost total news blackout, punctuated by occasional reports, like rifle flashes, of political strife between Communists and the Government...
...inevitably lead to Government regulation of unions to bar racial discrimination, excessive production costs through "feather bedding," etc. Until "the majority of labor leaders . . . are willing to accept such regulations as the price of the union shop ... too much haste [in extending it] would cause bitter, wasteful and unnecessary strife...
...past dozen years, Hughes has waged a fierce campaign to bring the Negro problem to people's attention rather than let it be hushed up. "People say there's going to be even greater strife after the war," he stated, "but why don't they do something about it instead of just waiting for it to happen...
...Abram said unto Lot, "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herd-men; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left...