Sentence examples for divisive actions from inspiring English sources

There is also a wide degree of agreement about the need for moratoria on both sides where divisive actions are concerned".

The abortion law, still known as the Veil Law, was one of the most divisive actions taken by the government of Mr. Giscard d'Estaing and his first prime minister, Jacques Chirac.

Jon Piechowski, a spokesman for the American Embassy in Haiti, said that while Haiti's government had the right to decide on the timing, "what Haiti needs right now, coming out of a prolonged first round of elections, is a period of calm, not divisive actions that can only distract from the vital task of forming a legitimate and credible government".

Both "Goombata" and "Mob Star," written by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci and published in 1988, report the major events in Mr. Gotti's life: his rise through the ranks to head the Gambino crime family, his reported role in the murder of the mob boss Paul Castellano, his impact on competing Federal and state prosecutors whose divisive actions helped him to remain free.

And I am deeply concerned about the future of any society in which extremely divisive actions are ignored".

Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, said Mr Trump's appeal for unity, after a year of "divisive actions, petty insults and disgraceful race-baiting... ring hollow".

Probably the most malicious, divisive action of the last century was the impeachment of President Clinton by House Republicans.

This divisive action by the municipalities was a product of their newly acquired vitality under the constitution, but it also reflected their resentment against centralized authority in Guatemala.

"Acting by executive order on an issue of this magnitude would be the most divisive action you could take," Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida wrote in a letter to the president this week.

Key emergent themes were 'moral tensions around acceptability'needeed for incentives', 'goals', 'collective or divisive action' and 'monitoring and proof'.

Divisive enforcement actions (and rhetoric) regarding racial preferences in policy areas ranging from the right to armed self-defense to the Fair Housing Act (related to number 2 above).