1.   And all these factions have their separate agendas, separate histories, and separate traditions as well.

2.   And though the police force has begun to patrol the city, the factions themselves have yet to withdraw.

3.   And the factions have a powerful incentive not to blow this chance to form a popular government.

4.   Any small GOP faction will now have enormous leverage.

5.   Any small Republican faction will now have enormous leverage.

6.   All four factions have to meet as a single group since agreeing to the agenda on Tuesday.

7.   But the overwhelming margin in the Duma suggested that the Communist-led faction may well have the votes to override.

8.   Each faction had members of the law on its side.

9.   Each social faction has its criteria for greatness and devises a fitting emblem for it, feeding the factory of signs that define culture.

10.   Every neighborhood has its factions, every faction has a lawyer, every planning board has a headache.