Word: strife
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...personal discovery, and both results seem equally important. In his fourth novel, Carroll again reveals the commercial instincts that made his Mortal Friends (1978) a best seller. In addition, this book reveals a serious novelist behind the popular entertainer. Like Graham Greene and John le Carre, Carroll brings global strife and problems home to hearts and minds, their points of origin. -By Paul Gray
...society traditionally riven by social strife, the anticipated danger had created a kind of unanimity. Even the rivalry among the three branches of the Argentine armed forces had, for the moment at least, disappeared. In one emotional scene last week, thousands of Argentines turned out to welcome 189 soldiers and civilians who finally returned home after their capture by the British on April 25 on remote South Georgia Island. There seemed no reason to doubt the resolve of President Galtieri, who warned once again last week that if the drawn-out Falklands battle turned into a broader war, "we will...
That is as he wants it. Before him lay yet another day in Portugal, including a visit to the strife-ridden city of Oporto. And beyond that there would be other trips and other potentially threatening situations. But John Paul refuses to stay aloof from the people he wants to meet, despite his own awareness of danger. "This is not the first attempt on the life of the Pope," he confided to an old friend from Poland after the Fátima attack. " Nor will it be the last." -By Mayo Mohs. Reported by Martha de la Cal and Wilton...
...leather clothing and to limit the amount of rum that could be imported without the imposition of a tariff. Last week two other House subcommittees barred any Caribbean nation from receiving more than $75 million of the $350 million extra-aid package. The Administration had earmarked $128 million for strife-torn El Salvador, nearly twice as much as for any other country. One of the panels also insisted that one-quarter of the $350 million be used for health, education and other economic development projects. The Reagan Administration had wanted all the money to go to the private sector...
...conflicts between Jews and Arabs, that over Jerusalem is the most complex and intractable. It is so deeply rooted in centuries of political and religious strife that each side is passionately determined to have its way. As long as there is no settlement, every terrorist bomb on the West Bank contains the danger of escalation: rioting, warfare, spreading oil cutoffs, a new confrontation of the superpowers. Arab claims on Jerusalem range from demands for Islamic sovereignty over the Muslim holy places to more contentious proposals for a Palestinian Arab capital in the east of the city, and even to wild...