31.   But the clan system that had divided the country so bitterly also provided the mechanism for putting it together again.

32.   But with the peace process stalled and religious and political issues dividing the country, not many Israelis seem to be in a mood to party.

33.   But, he added, a reprimand, not impeachment, was a fit punishment that would not divide the country.

34.   Corporate America, too, is dividing the country between the working and the once-working, the paycheck hoarders and the laid-off.

35.   Critics warned that any effort to eliminate affirmative action would only reopen a bitter debate that has divided the country along racial lines.

36.   Dividing the country into two would allow both George W. Bush and Al Gore to get to be president.

37.   Even before the last Soviet troops withdrew six years ago, the mujahedeen were at war with each other, dividing the country into a jigsaw of lawless fiefs.

38.   For a decade, the country was bitterly divided over Vietnam policy.

39.   For his part, Kabila has argued that political parties divide the country along racial lines and brew violence.

40.   For the past decade, Afghanistan has been an arena for competition among neighboring nations who tried to keep the country divided for their own advantage.