Word: strife
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...West, fear that the U.S. is glossing over the realities of imposing democracy on a country that is deeply tribal, vengeful and embittered. The vacuum left by a collapse of Saddam's iron-fisted order could ignite power struggles and vendetta killings that could trigger long-term civil strife or even the breakup of the country. There's no democrat in waiting to step in if the dictator departs. Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds would jostle for their share of power. Iraqi exiles would vie for supremacy with those inside the country who resent and mistrust them. Iraq...
...current strike is part of a long history of labor strife at Yale, and comes as the eighth strike in the past 35 years. Hopefully the school can get it right this time. Yale workers need a living wage and good working conditions. If Yale is insensitive to appeals to its decency and morality, it should at least recognize the need to avoid future conflict...
CITY OF GOD. City of God presents a strife-ridden world lurching towards destruction. City of God screens...
...We’re going to change that history,” said Laura Smith, president of Local 34. “Our future will not be a future of struggle and strife on this campus. That’s what this fight is about...
...comparisons to the mob pictures of Martin Scorsese. The protagonist, a young photographer named Rocket, succeeds in evading the gang lifestyle; his childhood friend fails to follow suit, instead succumbing to the temptations of crime and power. Dynamic, darkly funny and spitting electricity, City of God presents a strife-ridden world lurching towards destruction. City of God screens...