1.   Economic development since independence was severely handicapped by sabotage and political strife.

2.   As firefighters inched toward controlling forest fires in Chiapas, opposition politicians said Tuesday that political strife continues to rage in the southeastern state.

3.   At worst, it will lead to political strife within the Continent.

4.   But Alea and Tabio use political strife as a broad backdrop on which to place the characters instead of making specific statements about revolution.

5.   But political strife has led to a financial crisis, and investors are fleeing.

6.   Decades of political strife caused many of its people to scatter to places such as England, Sweden and Texas.

7.   For Israelis, the show has been a tonic, a refuge from the ugliness of the political strife that engulfs their lives.

8.   Given the unceasing political strife of recent months, everyone welcomed the break.

9.   It is hoped that the speech will highlight concerns that an isolationist U.S. Congress and a Europe racked by internal political strife could move further apart.