Word: fractiousness
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...this latest move as a blatant attempt to curry favor with Menino. The mayor, who enjoys widespread support and wields tremendous amounts of influence on the other side of the Charles—and under whose jurisdiction Allston falls—has had something of a fractious relationship with the University over the past few years. Just last May, when Harvard completed its purchase of 91 acres of land from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Menino angrily told The Crimson that he was “upset” about the lack of consultation with the city...
...machine world. He's pursued by Smith, who has gone free-lance and has become a fatal computer virus. Neo's friends Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) can't count on him, so they must plan the defense of Zion with the help of only the fractious rebel commanders. Their immediate obstacle: the pruny, petulant, dangerous Merovingian (Lambert Wilson). Their possible key to Neo's location: the Oracle (Mary Alice), who, we learned in M2, is a computer program and not always trustworthy...
...written. The Shiites, backed by even their most moderate and U.S.-friendly clergy, insist that that the constitution-making body be elected by Iraqis - a proposal anathema to the Sunni and Kurdish representatives. And so on. Iraq was traditionally governed by an iron fist from Baghdad; simply putting its fractious components together again requires the forging of a new political consensus that could be years in the making...
...hapless opposition parties are right now, not just in Italy but in countries across Europe, where opposition groups of all political persuasions are having trouble finding their way out of the woods. By getting out in front on a good idea, Fini provided yet another reminder that Italy's fractious left has been rudderless since its crushing defeat by Berlusconi in 2001. In Britain, embattled Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has been gaining scant ground on Prime Minister Tony Blair - even though Blair's popularity has plummeted since the war in Iraq. In France, the Socialists have been confused...
...intervention by Rome. It might begin with removal of this titular leader, before his meddlesome people do it, and replace him with someone wholly unacceptable to our interests. Athens should then be directly ruled from Rome. Of course, Athenians cannot be given Roman citizenship—they are incorrigibly fractious and unworthy of the honour...