Since the early thirteenth century two great factions, the Guelfs and the Ghibellines, had competed for control of Florence.
Today's civil wars involve a greater number of factions making them even more complex to bring to resolution.
Hosting a large kite-flying event in Karachi, the southern port and capital of Sindh, the PPP heartland, will also be seen as an affront to Lahore, the Punjabi metropolis that is the seat of the Bhuttos' great political rival, the faction of the Pakistan Muslim League controlled by the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif.
Don't get me wrong, just going mental on something like Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (the clue's in the name) is great, but what Red Faction did for the desire to devastate in all of us shouldn't be overlooked.
Out of parliament, Osborne can start to function for the Tories as a David Miliband-style king under the mountain: whenever great crisis threatens his faction of the party, Osborne's loyalists will assume he is ready to awaken, sally forth, stand in a by-election somewhere, sweep to victory.
Armor and Klerman [ 7] pointed out long ago that a greater propensity for ideological factions exists when a profession and its knowledge base are in the process of institutionalization.
New York provincial politics were riven by intense rivalry between two great family-based factions, the DeLanceys, who benefited from royal government connections, and their rivals, the Livingstons.
Is the goal to achieve greater influence as an AQ faction and gain supporters?
Although he was one of the Federalists, a faction which demanded greater provincial autonomy, in practice Rosas exercised control over the other provinces and become the virtual ruler of Argentina.
As the uprising escalated, prompting greater trepidation within the ruling faction, Mousavi quickly distanced himself from the millions in the streets, saying in a statement, "With regards to the Ashura ceremonies, despite countless requests, neither Mehdi Karroubi, nor Mohammad Khatami nor I or my friends issued a statement".[18].[18]
