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Instead of quelling the dissension, as many captains of the era would have done ( Sir Francis Drake lopped a man's head off under similar circumstances ), Hudson decided to be reasonable.
The fire department here has been torn for months by dissension involving top personnel and the fight between the fire fighters association and the teamsters union.
But one thing is for certain: There is no dissension between Mantle, the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1956 and 1957, and Maris, the MVP in 1960.
After Constantius ' death in 361, his successor Julian the Apostate, a devotee of Rome's pagan gods, declared that he would no longer attempt to favor one church faction over another, and allowed all exiled bishops to return ; this had the objective of further increasing dissension among Christians.
Even before the fight began, dissension spread through some of Abd al-Rahman's lines.
Vienna had been saved by dissension between the two commanders, leading to the brilliant Villars being replaced by the less dynamic Marshal Marsin.
Although Baguirmi resisted, it accepted tributary status in order to obtain help from Ouaddai in putting down internal dissension.
However, the team was wracked with dissension, with some players ( including Feller and Mel Harder ) going so far as to request that Bradley fire manager Ossie Vitt.
He organized the Kuomintang as a Leninist-style party, oppressed dissension, and banned democracy.
The central purpose of the covenant is to prevent schism and dissension.
" I detest dissension because it goes both against the teachings of Christ and against a secret inclination of nature.
There was worse to follow, with various Essendon players publicly blaming each other for the poor performance against Richmond, and then, with dissension still rife in the ranks, the side plummeted to an embarrassing 28 point loss to VFA premiers Footscray Football Club in a special charity match played a week later in front of 46, 100 people, in aid of Dame Nellie Melba's Disabled Soldiers ' Fund, purportedly ( but not officially ) for the championship of Victoria.
But, although faith is above reason, nevertheless, between faith and reason no true dissension can ever exist, since the same God, who reveals mysteries and infuses faith, has bestowed on the human soul the light of reason ; moreover, God cannot deny Himself, nor ever contradict truth with truth.
The internal dissension was immediately obvious.
This put an end to dissension on the question of Arianism.
A series of forts was already being built, starting around 280, to defend the coasts, but these preparations were not enough when a general assault of Saxons, Irish and Attacotti, combined with apparent dissension in the garrison on Hadrian's Wall, left Roman Britain prostrate in 367.
Organizing the church was not easy and dissension was rife.
Throughout his reign as Liberal leader, Menzies had enforced strict party discipline but, once he was gone, dissension began to surface.
Degas invited Mary Cassatt to display her work in the 1879 exhibition, but he also caused dissension by insisting on the inclusion of Jean-François Raffaëlli, Ludovic Lepic, and other realists who did not represent Impressionist practices, causing Monet in 1880 to accuse the Impressionists of " opening doors to first-come daubers ".
Bahá ' u ' lláh stated that the observance of the laws that he prescribed should be subject to " tact and wisdom ", and that they do not cause " disturbance and dissension.
The goal of application of the law and it's methods are not to cause disturbance and dissension and requires an appreciation for context and intention.
The Muslim world had become more united under effective leaders such as Saladin, and dissension arose among Christian factions in and concerning the Holy Land.
Dabbalemi was able to suppress this tendency, but after his death, dissension among his sons weakened the Sayfawa Dynasty.
There, Gregory met the emperor and may have tried to sow dissension amongst his ranks.
* 1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.

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