1.   His attempt to persuade the Senate to confirm him as ambassador to Mexico probably is doomed to fail, the result of factional strife within the GOP.

2.   The factional strife should never be underestimated.

3.   Then, after factional strife, and after the Thai government told him he would have to leave Thailand, Nu abandoned the armed struggle against the Burmese government.

4.   Despite the vulnerability for factional strife within coalitions, political parties often attempt to form a coalition.

5.   Factional strife within the ruling camp, populated by followers of the former presidents, was aggravated.

6.   It further aggravated factional strife within the ruling camp.

7.   The commission said it uncovered blunder after blunder made by police forces who seemed more interested in factional strife than following the most elementary leads.

8.   The news media have reported intensively on the rape allegations as they uncovered bitter factional strife within the government.

9.   The televised hearings made clear countless elementary errors were made by a police system mired in factional strife and an inability to follow up the most elementary leads.

10.   The televised hearings detailed a trail of blunders made by a police system mired in factional strife and unable to follow up the most elementary leads.