Word: strife
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...aides angrily denied the charge. There were some signs that a debate was waging within Begin's Likud coalition over the possible political advantages of a Middle East crisis. The sensationalist leftist weekly Ha 'olam Ha 'zeh reported that proponents of war now argued that strife would 1) shatter the peace treaty with Egypt and thus permit Israel to hold on to the northern and eastern third of the Sinai rather than restore the territory to the Egyptians in 1982; and 2) enable the Israelis to ravage the fast-growing Syrian army before it became a more...
...torment of El Salvador's civil strife knows no interval. Fighting between government forces and leftist insurgents continued unabated last week, and so did political killings. In a single day, 37 people were assassinated by the country's security forces. In Soyapango, a slum section of San Salvador, police dragged 23 people from their homes and shot them dead in the street; seven others refused to come out and were killed indoors...
...stories like Silkwood's lie in their very appeal. Crucified for a popular cause, crowned with a garland of public approval, these "martyrs" ascend into the realm of legend. Their names become watchwords for the faithful, but the details of their struggles are lost in political rhetoric and strife. Their stories are invoked without being remembered, and many who write about them sensationalize--relying solely on an inherent emotional appeal to those who do not wish to believe. Such works are often dismissed as propaganda...
They need not have wasted their cardboard or their chants. The Broadway adaptation of Lolita forestalled them. After bombing in Boston, it limped into New York to be greeted by financial difficulties, internecine strife and 60 or so members of a feminist group called Women Against Pornography...
President Reagan should be commended for his handling of the situation in El Salvador [March 2]. Since our nations share the same continent, our vital interests and national security are at stake, not just because that country is experiencing civil strife, but because that struggle is being actively supported by the Soviet Union...