Word: split
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...NATO members avoided a serious open split, but obvious differences remained. The final communique declared that NATO would press forward with the deployment of the missiles in "selected countries." NATO Secretary-General Joseph Luns confirmed that the countries were Britain, West Germany and Italy; he added that "Belgium and The Netherlands may accept the missiles later." Both recalcitrant countries said that they might well accept the missiles on their territory if there were no progress in disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union; Belgium said it would reconsider in six months, The Netherlands in two years...
...revenge on Daley, the mayor has been dropping his allies from the city payroll almost as fast as she can locate them. A score of Daley's precinct captains and city employees have been fired or demoted. The split widened two weeks ago when Daley stunned Chicago pols by announcing that he would run for Cook County state's attorney, potentially the second most powerful political post in the city. Taken by surprise, Byrne scrambled to find someone to run against him. Turned down by her first two choices, who were understandably loath to get caught...
...overwhelming difficulty about full reunion is the power and the office of the papacy itself. The Orthodox hold that religious authority derives from the church as a whole and is expressed through ecumenical councils. In Catholicism, the Pope is the ultimate arbiter. This split seemingly became unbridgeable in 1870 when the First Vatican Council declared papal infallibility in formal teachings and defined the Pope's "immediate" jurisdiction over every diocese in the world. Orthodoxy might accept the Pope as primate, but only as a first among equals with the right to initiate and coordinate action, a slow and often...
...newly discovered" butterflyer's early season time and the even-split style in which he accomplished it are all the more impressive considering that coach Joe Bernal put his charges through rigorous workouts both Friday evening and Saturday morning before the meet...
...ever had in swimming." The 6-ft., 175-lb. freshman joined sophomore teammates Julian Mack, Bobby Hackett and Mike Coglin to outtouch the Tigers by .03 seconds at the finish line. Swimming the third leg, Gauthier sliced almost three seconds off his best time, recording a 1:40.19 relay split...