Sentence examples for divisive power from inspiring English sources

Then, he watched Lehman come perilously close to falling apart in a divisive power struggle.

They must untangle loyalty, duty, individuality, the divisive power of class and wealth.

Having dealt successfully with the divisive power of skin color, Mr. Norris has moved on to the abyss that separates the sexes.

'GOOD PEOPLE' David Lindsay-Abaire's quiet, seemingly uneventful drama about former sweethearts from South Boston who (briefly) reunite in middle age turned out to be a trenchant assessment of the divisive power of class in this country.

TOKYO — A divisive power broker of Japan's ruling party was acquitted Thursday of charges in a political financing scandal, freeing him to step up his opposition to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and a critical tax increase plan.

During five years at the Premier League, starting in the press office and culminating as director of public policy, he compiled an enviable contacts book and enjoyed a front-row seat at football's most recent and divisive power struggles.

Julius Malema has the bling of a chubby rap star, the political subtlety of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, and the divisive powers of marmite.

But then, Francis adds a note of considerable interest: "It can prove especially divisive if sacramental power is too closely identified with power in general.… The ministerial priesthood is one means employed by Jesus for the service of his people, yet our great dignity derives from baptism, which is accessible to all".

But each party proposes different solutions, and none is more divisive than nuclear power.

Even citizens who remember earlier transitions would have to go back to the chaos of the 2000 election to recall a more divisive transfer of power.

At a news conference Monday she said her government's priorities would be economic development and reconciliation, a vague term that was also used by the outgoing Democrat Party during its divisive period in power.