Word: strife
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Growing up in Lebanon meant a strong awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. News of political strife hijacked the headlines. As a teenager, I was familiar with names like Arafat, Dayan, Kissinger and Brzezinski. We also knew that the U.S. would always take the Israeli side, yet we embraced every U.S. import, from Zippo lighters to Bubblicious gum to Charles Bronson...
...hearing this week comes after nearly three years of strife between...
...when Democrats returned to Chicago, Daley pulled off a dazzling convention, erasing the memory of the strife-torn 1968 debacle that for a generation had haunted his city, his party and his family. In 1996, after Ron Brown's tragic death, Clinton turned to Daley to pick up the pieces of the Commerce Department. The post wasn't the usual rescue operation but the fulfillment of a dream born when, as a 12-year-old, Daley visited J.F.K.'s White House and sat at the Cabinet table. He loved...
...nine, Carrington witnessed firsthand the civil strife in her native Nigeria during the military regime of General Sani Abacha...
From the civil strife she witnessed during her childhood--which was otherwise comfortable, she says--Carrington pursued a career in medicine and became a practicing physician in 1980. In 1986, she founded and became chief executive of Health and Medical Services, an international consulting firm specializing in preventive health care in the workplace...