Factional

Electable bodies such as Anglesey Council abrogate much of their power to people who act as monarchs, and then waste much of their time and efforts in factional infighting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Allegations and counter-allegations of appeals to base racist sentiments may advantage the short-term factional interests of political parties, but they will leave a legacy of resentment and ethnic tension which will bedevil our region for years to come," Mr Keegan said in a statement. ❋ Unknown (1994)

MR. LOCKHART: The so-called factional in-house fighting has not advanced since this morning. ❋ ITY National Archives (1999)

Mao led the Cultural Revolution Authority in stirring up more animosity by calling the factional fighting “an extension of the struggle between the Communists and the Kuomintang”—without specifying which group was which. ❋ Jung Chang (1991)

Kang Sheng, Mao's intelligence chief, and Mme Mao led the Cultural Revolution Authority in stirring up more animosity by calling the factional fighting 'an extension of the struggle between the Communists and the Kuomintang' without specifying which group was which. ❋ CHANG, JUNG (1991)

The concentration of minority supporters in STW, including its national leadership, raised the possibility that it could become, or be seen by the majority as, what in Maoist parlance would be called a factional headquarters. ❋ Splinteredsunrise (2010)

And Khamenei has come off his perch as supreme leader and is now a kind of factional fighter on the side of President Ahmadinejad. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This reinforced the union's belief that the graft probe against the president was a "politically inspired campaign" using state institutions to settle "factional" disputes within the ruling party. ❋ Unknown (2007)

That kind of factional infighting has the potential to doom Afghanistan's recovery as surely as in the early 1990s, when squabbling among mujahedin leaders led to the rise of the Taliban. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Even with some of the goofiness that went on in this primary, this was not really a "factional" primary. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Many fear Taylor's departure could spark the kind of factional violence that overran Monrovia during the last civil war. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Can you assure them that you won't dissolve into the kind of factional fighting that has been seen over the last years? ❋ Unknown (2001)

CHANCE: Post-Taliban, of course, one of the big concerns of the international community is that Afghanistan does not return to the kind of factional fighting that really ravaged the country after the withdrawal of the forces of the Soviet Union back in 1989. ❋ Unknown (2001)

CHANCE: But one of the big post Taliban concerns of the international community is, of course, that Afghanistan does not return to the kind of factional fighting that really ravaged the country after the withdrawal of the forces of the Soviet Union back in 1989. ❋ Unknown (2001)

He believed that proposed lifestyle audits of public officials were "factional" and targeting people in the ANC and defended threats to reveal personal details of reporters, following stories of his lifestyle over the last weeks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As a side order you might enjoy Len Deighton's SS-GB - gives a 'factional' perspective on how people here might have actually reacted to 'Nacht und Nebel' ......... ❋ Unknown (2010)

Teffo said the document was "factional" because it proposed that general secretary Charlotte Lobe head a forum of secretaries, called the "congress preparatory committee", that would lead the party towards a policy platform and elective conference. ❋ Unknown (2010)