divisive

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• Democrats have their agenda to pass, and Republicans don’t want to have to dwell on anything potentially divisive within their party.

• Today, the Harvard International Negotiation Program is exploring how to use the Overview Effect to mitigate the “tribes effect,” a divisive mindset that fosters conflict.

• We don’t feel this way because of disagreements over policy, though, even when it comes to the most divisive questions.

• He had hoped it would be a sign that, after a divisive campaign, the president would be able to unify the country.

• This last year has been so divisive, and so much has happened to pull people apart.

• Johnson knew that the proposals he was going to send to the Hill would be divisive.

• The Democrats were able to sideline Kucinich and avoid a divisive impeachment battle.

• Past winning artists generally were either complete outsiders (McQueen) or divisive figures in the art world.

• But getting the bill implemented proved to be highly divisive.

• These will be essential to dealing with this incredibly divisive issue.

• New and divisive questions which lead only to faction are propounded so that the voters are confused.

• Only the last two of these had any lasting importance as issues.