Word: strife
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...experiences internal strife as the executive board is re-elected four times. Three board members are forced to resign...
...many ways, Nyerere managed to improve the lot of his people. He instilled a sense of national pride among the country's diverse tribal groups, and promoted Ki-swahili as the national language, factors that have contributed to Tanzania's having what is perhaps the lowest level of tribal strife of any country on the continent. In addition, Tanzania's 83% literacy rate is among the highest in Africa, health care has been improved, and the government has demonstrated concern for human rights...
After more than two years of civil strife that has led to some 2,000 deaths, tentative steps were taken last week toward a settlement between Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist movements and the government of President Junius Jayewardene. Under pressure from India's Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the island nation's warring factions began peace talks in Thimbu, capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Shortly afterward the government, which is dominated by Sri Lanka's 70% majority of Sinhalese Buddhists, lifted nighttime curfews imposed on five northern districts heavily populated by Tamil-speaking Hindus. The government also released...
...this year's congress is to promote a "harmonious society" by finding ways to address the populace's many grievances while bolstering central Party authority over the provinces. The widening gap between China's rich and poor?evident in a sharp rise in public demonstrations against government corruption, labor strife and other civil disturbances?may threaten Party rule, higher-ups fear. "When the leadership starts talking about harmony," says Wu Guogang, professor of political science at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, "it's a pretty good indication that they're afraid things aren't harmonious...
When Julie Cooper saw Kirsten’s fugitive ex-flame and raised Kirsten’s a lesbian daughter, she not only confirmed that she is one of the few characters that has remained true-blue, but also hinted at the complete absurdity of the Kirsten-Sandy marital strife that has threatened the purity of The OC bubble. The Cohens are the foundation of the show—the handsome, Jewish, smooth-talking husband and the gorgeous, WASPy, wine-guzzling wife. They are the perfect couple, the parents every college-aged fan secretly longs for. And now suddenly...