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"It would be ambiguous to hide or minimize what we believe, " he said. "It's not meant to be divisive or polemical. "

Wealth is nothing to be ashamed of. It can be a divisive issue, but is a natural occurrence within today's world economy.

That makes it a highly divisive issue in a nation where the political fight over abortion is still intense.

Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him.

The pressure of trying to deal with a dysfunctional, divisive and aggressive serial bully causes everyone's behaviour to decline.

This was one of the most difficult, and divisive, issues ever negotiated by WHO and its Member States.

A ruling on the case of a woman known only as C has reignited the long-running and divisive abortion debate in Ireland.

Affirmative action has been a divisive issue in the United States for close to thirty years.

Was it a mistake to work so hard on a divisive health bill instead of the economy and, especially, job creation?

HE LEAVES the White House as one of the least popular and most divisive presidents in American history.

But disagreements between the men appear to be mounting, and Mr. Khodorkovsky's case seems to be particularly divisive.

Mr Obama's response was just as divisive, attempting to play-off the rest of America against cruel Republicans and the wealthy.

Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything.

Last week, Obama accused McCain and President Bush of what he called dishonest and divisive attacks over his willingness to talk to Iran.

"A voluntary approach is preferable to a statutory one. Otherwise we get into a divisive debate about enforcement and sanctions. "

As a lecturer, he gave clear and even-handed presentations in a field that can be confusing and divisive.

He knew that when the desire for personal advancement overrides concern for one another, attitudes quickly become disruptive and divisive.

And yet, it has only been in the last couple of weeks that the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn.

"Inequality is divisive, and even small differences seem to make an important difference, " Professors Wilkinson and Pickett note.

There was no immediate mention of oil and gas exploration, potentially the most divisive issue.

Whereas he once said he would unite the country, he has been deliberately and destructively divisive.

Germany and France have unveiled radical and divisive new proposals to put the euro on a new footing and settle the EU's worst ever crisis.

The city is engulfed in a divisive debate as it prepares to set its first-ever minimum wage.

If not, it could be seen as the kind of divisive measure that stokes unrest.

Mr Blair is particularly controversial, but any high-profile European president would be a divisive figure.

In his victory speech, Obama rejected the idea that his campaign was about race or any other divisive issue.

One of the most damaging and socially divisive legacies of Maoist economics is the control of rural land by village "collectives" .

One answer you hear is that pursuing the truth would be divisive , that it would exacerbate partisanship.

We can't afford four more years of the same divisive fights in Washington that are more about scoring points than solving problems.

Rather than being a contest between policies, the election is shaping up as a referendum on Thaksin and his bitterly divisive legacy.

From a political point of view, GASB 34 proved to be very divisive.

In this victory speech, Obama rejected the idea, that his campaign was about race, or any other ? ( divisive ) of issue.

Policymakers and regulators will be relieved that the divisive levy issue will no longer take up so much G20 airspace.

Black Furies: As divisive as they are, they work together in their tribal rituals. If only I knew what they were doing there.

The crass truth is still that people want to use religion as a divisive (us versus them) and non progressive political force.

He believes that unemployment is socially divisive and is leading to the creation of an underclass.

Tariffs immediately became one of the young nation's most divisive regional issues.

Many Americans, disenchanted with Washington and its ways, hoped that Mr Obama would ameliorate this bitterly divisive culture.

It's already proven to be divisive along party lines, so finding that common ground may be elusive.

The obstinacy of the government over a few divisive issues presents a perpetual risk to the north-south peace accord.

Unequal treatment of siblings in an estate plan can be dangerously divisive.

For all the enthusiasm of his "red shirt" supporters, he remains a divisive figure.

a more rational and less divisive conception of faith that would promote peace between peoples rather than wars.

A skeptic may well question the statement, given how often the topic makes news and how divisive the news can be.

Damascus, the capital of Syria (Aram), was a divisive force in the ancient world, known for its ruthlessness and treachery.

But any pact without China will lack critical mass, and could be divisive if seen as an "anyone-but-China" club.

While it is a divisive time in politics, analysts do not anticipate the move will have any negative impact on the company's bottom line.

The 73-year-old prime minister, a popular but divisive figure, said "I'm fine, I'm fine" as he arrived at the hospital.

But even on this divisive issue, China's rise as a primary market for the NBA is apparent.

It's their first joint appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended.

Nor is the French president neutral in the divisive debate over the role of the European Central Bank.

The American manager's position brings up another divisive cultural pattern: the perception of time.

AFTER narrowly winning a divisive presidential election, Ollanta Humala has got off to an unexpectedly calm start as Peru's president.

So how China manages its exchange rate is shaping up as the most decisive -- and divisive -- policy issue in the year ahead.

Questions of admission were also very divisive during the United Nations' early years.

Replacing the bitter, divisive Mr Brown with the calm, well-liked Mr Johnson is an attractive prospect.

What divisive issue does Gaius Baltar use as an excuse to enter the presidential race against Laura Roslin?

Mr Kaczynski's death was tragic. But he was a divisive figure, not an epitome of Polish greatness.

This popular and profound coin serves as a somber remembrance of the divisive conflict during a pivotal era in our nation's history.

Senate leaders may try to bridge partisan divides by hampering or blocking amendments on divisive issues.

Should we therefore not expect non-eurozone countries to gang up and stop the eurozone adopting divisive policies?

The free schools and academy programme are a divisive and unnecessary experiment with this.

An instinctively divisive figure, former prime minister always believed in dividing the quick and the dead into the sheep and the goats.

It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past.

By wading into the debt debate, Bernanke is touching two hot buttons at once -- fiscal policy and divisive politics.

Mr. Soong most divisive influence could be felt on discussions of Taiwan's relationship with mainland China.

Any policy experiments are likely to be divisive.

Yet even without the thorn of Afghanistan, a list of divisive, unattended issues infects Pakistan's relations with America.

Officially, it's illegal but it's still going on. And it's just as divisive as ever.

Senator Obama called Ferraro's comments "patently absurd" and "divisive. " He spoke to ABC News' morning television show.

It could have , but it didn't . After a flawed, politicized and divisive trial, Mr. Hussein was handed his sentence : death by hanging .

The discussion was civil, but the conclusion inescapable: The two countries remain far apart on the divisive subject.

He often in urban civilization and the countryside civilization, this result is torn between jia ping-wa's main body personality divisive.

Despite interest in his book, the territory's former governor remains a divisive figure.

Police on Monday refused to comment on the appeal, which labour rights activists criticised as divisive.

Although everything is officially on the table, the two parties have put to one side the most divisive issues: taxes and entitlements.

Mr Taylor still enjoys support in his home country, where his trial remains divisive.

Itwould be unwise for sun tzu to try to seek a divisive engagement early in this war by attacking the chu army directly.

With no domestic crisis to force divisive reforms on Germany, Mrs Merkel thinks she can just nudge the country forward.

Religion can be a divisive tool, but it can also be one allows for dialogue, allows for conversation.

A divisive race could split the party, which already lacks a majority in the upper house.

It focuses on economics, where countries agree on a lot of things, and eschews divisive political and security issues.

This could spark social unrest and divisive internal conflicts, particularly in India and China.

The tone and some of the language was comparable to white supremacists'websites. The words used were divisive and emotive.

Euro bonds, a mechanism to allow weaker members to borrow at lower rates, is one divisive issue.

But he was a divisive figure, not an epitome of Polish greatness.

Mr. Toyoda has acknowledged his presence at Toyota can be divisive.

History's legacy created divisive issues between Palestinians and Israelis.

The aim is to create an army that puts Islamist identity above divisive clan loyalties.

Transparency, he acknowledged, doesn't come naturally to the politically divisive nuclear power industry.

Titles are just another diversion which reinforces divisive thinking.

Outsourcing has become a divisive issue in the UK as more financial services companies have moved jobs overseas.

This is not a new policy, but a debate on the Roma is building and increasingly divisive.

In retaliation, he castigated Mr Advani for his divisive past, and won.

A deeply divisive figure, Thaksin is popular with the rural poor but is largely loathed by urban Thais.

Twain would have loved social media, even at its most bitter, divisive and snarky moments.

With the return of peace in Northern Ireland, artists have replaced the more divisive murals with new ones.

The claim that faith schools are by their nature divisive is obvious and must have some truth to it.

As a member, I grieve that God's family is as divided and as divisive as it is.

Foreshadowing the rifts within Europe today, Hamilton's plan was deeply divisive.

For all his talk about uniting his country, he has become an unexpectedly divisive figure.

Mr. Shinawatra was ousted in a military coup in 2006, but remains a deeply divisive figure in Thailand.

His willingness to stick to his guns on divisive subjects such as immigration stands in sharp contrast to Mr Romney 's oily pandering.

Mr. Singh says in this hour of crisis divisive politics will not lead the country anywhere.

Poland denounced plans for separate summits of euro-zone leaders for being divisive.

For all his local success, the 60-year-old remains a divisive national figure.

Mr Samak, abrasive and uncouth, may prove an even more divisive prime minister than Mr Thaksin.

Calling the cartoon "offensive and divisive, " he promised to stage a demonstration outside the Post offices Thursday.

But as we saw the consequences of what we had done, inevitable remorse and divisive recrimination would scar our spirit as a people.

India is richer than ever before, with rising global influence. Yet its development is divisive at home.

More divisive will be the new government's second challenge: political reform.

His divisive politics drove a wedge into the organization.

deliberate pursuit of the people, tired of life, only to the people, who use unscrupulous divisive tactics live tired.

Mr McCain has thus placed abortion, the most divisive cultural issue in America, at the centre of his campaign.

Carbon trading is a divisive issue, especially with regard to China.

Ever more divisive media feed the activists' prejudices.

Mr Sarkozy is unpopular because of his maverick, divisive style, which has aliented centrist voters.

A deeply divisive figure, he is popular with the rural poor but is largely loathed by urban Thais.

The bondage is the demand for its continuation - again the action of the centre which is divisive.

Opec oil ministers were last night still discussing the divisive issue of how to share the burden of cutting production and revenue.

Opinions are naturally divisive since others are free to form their own perhaps differing views.

That politician is a divisive influence at meetings.

Although it's supposed to bring the nation together for four weeks every four years, the World Cup is actually a fairly divisive event.

The issue remains deeply divisive in America, where two voters out of three oppose marriage for gays.

Krishnamurti: Thought is divisive because in itself it is limited.

Twenty-one percent (21%) of votersnationwide regard Paul as a divisive force in the GOP.

I am troubled that these Olympics, rather than being a unifying movement, have become most divisive.

A mind that clings to or desires an experience is pursuing the fallacy of value, and so becomes private, secretive and divisive.

However it is much less divisive than before as this generation of fathers (under 40) are much more involved with their children.

But we also from these works see a divisive.

Al Gore may be universally admired in Europe, but in America he remains a divisive figure.

Immigration is a divisive issue.

They've backed Obama this far in part because they're sick of the narrow American exceptionalism of Bush's divisive rule.

But what worries me is that he is seen as unifying by his race while she is seen as divisive by her sex.

PKK rebels in 1984, the Turkish government began the divisive war.

All these can in no way bring security, in themselves they are divisive, exclusive, limited.

Mao, who led the Communists to victory in the Chinese Civil War, remains a deeply divisive figure.

Her problem is not just that Mr Obama could still catch her; she has reminded many Americans how divisive a politician she is.

His American lawyer said that Mr Aristide, a popular but divisive figure, wants to return home "as soon as he can" .

On such highly divisive issues you must strive to remain objective.

Divisive rival camps may form.

The argument has gotten so shrill and divisive that I am bored by it.

Ms Warren is a divisive figure.

He is a divisive influence at meetings.

It is a divisive issue among Israelis.

proposal, which is clumsy, secretive, centralized, bureaucratic and divisive. That is how I regard the Treaty of Rome.

Another distinction often made in the literature of numerical taxonomy is that between divisive and agglomerative approaches.

The problem is that politics are divisive in their nature.

Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed.

Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America?

This is the very divisive process of thought.

He is also one of the most divisive men in America.

I think we can now let a long-standing and divisive debate die down.

Now she is the most divisive figure in America.

But the most sensitive, divisive and intractable issue in the relationship between Hong Kong and Beijing involves democracy.

As important (to me, even more important) was the the reckless and divisive battle that preceded it:

But Thatcher was a naturally, perhaps incurably, divisive figure

it knows it as a divisive social system which keeps people apart

Treated fairly and equitably without divisive privileges

He invited Americans to examine in-depth the most difficult and divisive issue in American history ,

This is not just because she was a divisive figure

China's Leader, in Seattle, Tells U. S. Not to Dwell on Divisive Issues

The energy flow is extremely divisive with some regions receiving way too much chi and dream and some way too little;

As such, Reverend Wright's comments were not only wrong but divisive, divisive at a time when we need unity;

Divisive Hierarchical Clustering Tree Control Based on Dynamic Parse of Rule

NO symbol is more sacred in American life right now than the military uniform. The cross is divisive;

The decision problem of isomorphism for 1-divisive graphs