Word: strife
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Last year's council was plagued by a reputation of being elitist and ineffectual. Several factors contributed to the image, including a highly publicized, make-or-break concert that flopped, internal strife that culminated in a failed effort to oust the group's treasurer, and a cumbersome grants process rumored to favor those with friends on the finance committee...
Muhammad said the book aimed at teaching Blacksabout their history and was not intended to"produce strife...
...epicenter of Africa's grief and suffering is Somalia, reduced to a state of virtually irredeemable misery by war and starvation. Savage civil strife among clans has destroyed the capital of Mogadishu and killed 150,000 people since the government was overthrown 19 months ago. The survivors in this mostly desert land are victims of a famine that threatens the lives of 1.8 million of Somalia's nearly 6 million people. After months of internal resistance and foreign indifference, aid is finally coming. A U.S. food airlift announced in mid-August has just begun to bring relief, as officials struggle...
...world where countries seem to be breaking down and falling apart, there is one that may actually be coming back together. It is Cyprus, whose very name has for more than 30 years been a synonym for tribal hatred, religious strife and diplomatic failure. Intensive negotiations at the United Nations this fall may finally yield a breakthrough...
...celebrate his victory in the hostile takeover battle for Trans World Airlines in August 1985, corporate raider Carl Icahn donned a pilot's cap and uniform jacket and paraded triumphantly around his Manhattan office. The parade didn't last long. Plagued by labor strife, mounting losses and bruising competition, TWA became more of a financial straitjacket for the erstwhile wizard than the trophy he had envisioned. In recent years, as he struggled to keep the now bankrupt carrier aloft, Icahn groped for a graceful way to bail out. Despite near frantic efforts, he was unable to find a willing buyer...