Word: rifted
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...play unfolds as a series of unconnected tableaux, almost like a poetry reading, which chronicle the important events in Mary's life, such as the publication of her book and her rift with her family. In these vignettes, the two Mary's serve as foils to each other. May's idealism rebounding off Mary's deathbed cynicism. The other characters--her father, a publisher, a beau--move on and off the stage with an case oblivious to the tension between the two main characters. Like figures in a tableau they never break into the third dimension...
...story's popularity to the Law School administration's success in "framing" the issue for popular consumption. "The students didn't have time to structure a public relations approach as the administration did," he says. A primary goal of the administration, Stern asserts, was to portray a rift between white and black students. In fact, however, Stern says there has been "unprecedented" cooperation between BLSA and white students on campus. Over 500 law students, the large majority of whom are white, petitioned the Law School for a reinstatement of the law and racism course, for example...
...common problem faced by most minority groups is a rift between juniors and seniors and younger members of the group who, the older ones contend, don't yet understand the history of minority groups on campus. Thus they tend to be somewhat more "conservative" than many upperclass members. In the Asian American Association (AAA), for example, president Andrew Ting '83 says that last year freshmen turned out in large numbers at AAA meetings, and tended to vote more conservatively than the older members. Ting says this is a major reason the AAA did not join most groups last spring...
...supporting a tax increase, Reagan caused a deep rift within his Republican ranks and fractured for the moment the conservative coalition that had formed the foundation of his previous successes. Only by appealing to the patriotism and good sense of his liberal critics was he able to carry the day. In so doing, Reagan somewhat lifted from the Democrats the political albatross of being the party of high taxes. His victory, however, showed that Reagan has developed a political skill that is far more important than whatever difficulties he created: the flexibility to modify his ideology and put together...
...months after the transformation of white-dominated Rhodesia into black-dominated Zimbabwe. Mugabe and the rotund Nkomo had helped negotiate the terms of Zimbabwe's independence. In the ensuing election, Nkomo was defeated for the prime ministership by Mugabe, and since then there has been a growing rift between the two nationalist leaders. Last February, Mugabe dismissed Nkomo from his Cabinet post as Minister Without Portfolio for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. Despite Nkomo's denials, Mugabe suspects his rival of having masterminded a series of outbreaks of violence and sabotage and even an assault last month...