Word: tribalized
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...belonged to the pair that finished eighth, Isabelle Duchesnay and her brother Paul. Competing for France, though the two were % raised in Quebec, they skated -- quite literally -- to a different drummer. Shrugging out of classical ballroom-style routines, the Duchesnays performed a savage rite to the primitive rhythms of tribal drums. Like Torvill and Dean, the Duchesnays nudged the rigid rules of ice dancing, maintaining a single mood throughout their routine. (Not surprisingly, Dean was their choreographer.) The audience roared its approval, but the judges were unusually divided, their scores ranging from 5.0 to 5.8. Other skaters rallied...
Reagan's fade from the landscape he once dominated reveals the factionalism that riddles both parties. It is reflected in what has become the strange and somewhat tribal rallying cry inscribed on the banners of the 1988 campaign: HE'S ONE OF US. For some, the message is mainly regional: Michael Dukakis grandly quaffing a mug of clam chowder upon landing in New Hampshire from Iowa, as he tried to overcome the aloof smugness that seems plastered to his face; Albert Gore whistling Dixie while he waited for Super Tuesday...
Richard Gephardt has been wondrously able to transform himself from a Washington insider to a tribal populist. He speaks of the battle in us-vs.- them terms, casting himself as a crusader against the very same thems he was once proud to be a part of. For others, the message has cultural underpinnings: Pat Robertson identifying himself with God's elect, Jesse Jackson with the disaffected...
...nominating process was that it used to reward candidates who could bring together coalitions and unify various wings and sects of the party. In order to get to the top of the ticket, a contender had to show broad-based appeal to a variety of bosses and tribal groups. But these days the process is so long and so many people run that it rewards those who can arouse the sectarian resentments or cater to the particular demands of fervent factions, notes Political Scientist Nelson Polsby...
...found Thesiger living simply in a mud- caulked house with a distant view of the Great Rift Valley escarpment. The shelter has a concrete floor, wire-mesh windows, no electricity and no well. There is a separate sleeping hut that the author shares with up to 15 villagers and tribal friends who, he notes, "snore like elephants...