Around that time, New York's modernizing art world, small as it was, developed factions.
The gang started small, then as it grew, it developed factions that went to war against one another.
The national left meeting was intended to develop the faction's negotiating position on key issues, but its stance on the thorniest issues is not likely to be settled until a meeting of left delegates on the eve of the conference.
During his reign, two political and philosophical groups developed into factions that bitterly disputed each other's policies as well as interpretations of the Confucian Classics.
Developing a reputation as a maverick, he founded an insurgent faction within the Radical Civic Union.
Palestinians said the talks were intended to prevent major rifts from developing among the factions.
But with so many members, how does it prevent factions developing?
Afghan government sources say a struggle has developed between two factions in the Taliban vying for control, one headed by Omar's son, 26-year-old Mullah Mohammed Yaqub, the other by his deputy, Mullah Akhtar Mansour.
As his theology became more syncretistic and eclectic, a schism developed, and the more conservative faction remained under the leadership of Tagore.
It is known that hostility had developed between a faction supporting da Gama and another supporting Cabral.
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 70 million people around the world need wheelchairs, and in most developing countries, only a small faction of those who need wheelchairs own or have use of one.
