Sentence examples for divisive relations from inspiring English sources

Even so, Tuesday's session in the capital, Kiev, was exceptional, offering a glimpse of the raw emotions surrounding the country's divisive relations with Russia.

Emmanuel Nwude, who runs a non-governmental organisation promoting Nigerian unity, wants to do away with the term "stranger" and "non-indigene" altogether as he sees this as part of a mindset that fuels divisive relations.

We found that an adaptive rescaling mechanism predicted by information transmission maximization can explain a variety of observed contrast gain control phenomena in neurophysiological experiments, including the divisive input output relations, and the inverse power-law relation between response gain and input contrast.

Although Mr. Chen's retreat may mollify the opposition and calm the agitated stock market, experts said it could badly weaken the president as he confronts other divisive issues, notably relations with Beijing.

In this respect, Hall [ 8] described how the social life in the M-RD center that she studied was characterized by divisive and antagonist relations between detainees and officers.

That is a very dishonest - and, I would say, even diabolical, in the sense of divisive - approach to relations among the Orthodox churches as well as our relations with other Christian churches.

There's good reason to expect that whether it is Barack Obama or John McCain in the White House, America's approach toward many of the most divisive issues in transatlantic relations will shift favourably.

One of the more disappointing aspects of Donald Sterling's comments was that the sports world had become a divisive element in race relations, when historically it has been such a foundation for growth.

When senior officials from the United States and China meet this week in Washington for a new round of their Strategic and Economic Dialogue, the U.S. has an excellent opportunity to overcome a deeply divisive economic issue complicating relations with Beijing by welcoming China's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The fragmented labor policy is a very divisive factor for labor relations at both the federal and state levels.

To celebrate this in fancy dress recalls a bloody and divisive chapter in Muslim-Christian relations.