Word: split
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...victory of us over them, it's a flip-flop of that, an enlightened cry for a move of us toward them. Even as the chroniclers of current events proclaim the Cold War to be over, our mental worlds are all still marked by an East-West split...
...mental worlds play a large role in determining what we do. It is not only our conception of global politics that is based upon an us-them split. The us-them dichotomy also colors our local perceptions...
...Leroy Vail, who is an associate professor of history at Harvard, says the ANC itself might even split...
...perfect way to start that odyssey is at home--throw a log in the fireplace, thank you--at Briggs Cage, which welcomes Yale tonight and Brown tomorrow night (both 7:30 p.m. tipoff). The Elis (11-5 overall, 2-2 Ivy) and Bruins (5-11, 2-2) recently split a home-and-home series, with each team claiming a two-point victory on its home court...
...schisms. And like many empires, it may not be as imposing as it looks. Some N.R.A. members complain that the organization is in the grip of extremists who have turned off the public, while others grumble that the pinstripe leadership in Washington has grown too accommodating. Hard-liners have split off to form their own bristling grouplets, while constant maneuvering has become a fact of life among the factions on the N.R.A.'s 75-member board. With more than 50 state and local gun-control bills awaiting action around the country, the group's leaders and many of its members...