1.   Both Democrats and Whigs wanted to gloss over sectional differences and cement party loyalties, not divide the country.

2.   Economists can not so easily divide the country into two districts to perform similar tests.

3.   Freezing minority voters into permanent isolated camps accelerates the political polarization that now divides the country.

4.   It is an interesting fact that countries can be divided by their ability to adapt to other cultures.

5.   The issue divided the country and prolonged the civil war.

6.   They would turn the clock back to policies that impoverished and divided our country.

7.   The country is divided for administration purposes into nine departments, each of which is governed by a prefect, appointed by the President.

8.   The country is divided into nine departments, each of which is governed by a prefect appointed by the President.

9.   The country was divided into shires, themselves composed of units known as hundreds.