Word: strife
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Aldo Moro was a man of peace, patiently endeavoring to bring some semblance of order to strife-torn Italy. His death [May 22] brings to mind the words of George Bernard Shaw at the time of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: "This shows how dangerous it is to be too good...
Aldo Moro was among the Christian Democrats who favored closer cooperation with the Communists; his abduction can only hamper relations between the two parties. Furthermore, contrary to J. Wyatt Emmerich's assertions that the Communists stand to benefit most from terrorism, domestic strife threatens to increase support for politicans of the right who would impose their own version of order...
...about ratification (and polls show a majority of the public in favor), the two amendments will not quell significant opposition. Republican Moderate Robert Griffin of Michigan, who has taken on the job of managing the opposition, denounced the treaties last week as "pregnant with the seeds of acrimony and strife ... fatally flawed and riddled with ambiguity." Senator John Stennis of Mississippi warned that the transfer would cost more than $1 billion. Reagan joined in with a nationwide TV address in which he claimed that the treaties might result in the loss "of our own freedom...
...time of trouble and lousy strife, You still have a darlint plan. You still can turn to a brighter life, A pint of plain is your only...
...Italy before the Fascist takeover in 1922. "Today, again, we have a determined minority waiting in the wings to exploit the first turbulence in our political, economic or social equilibrium," said Rome University Historian Rosario Romeo. "And if this were to happen, I would not vouch that civil strife could be avoided." However, others pointed out that in 1922 Italy was in a state of political anarchy, while the present government crisis, for all the chaos, is an example of the wobbly democratic process in action...