- A pet peeve, pet aversion, or pet hate is a
minor annoyance that an
individual finds particularly irritating to a
greater degree than the norm. The noun...
- 8, 2013. O'Connor, John J. (May 4, 1996). "After 5
Years of
Family Fractiousness, 'Sisters'
Exits Elegantly". The New York Times.
Retrieved June 8, 2013...
- However, upon the
death of the 8th Earl of Kildare,
governor of Ireland,
fractious Irish politics combined with a more
ambitious Henry to
cause trouble....
- recognition,
failed to
unite the
various nationalist groups, and had a
fractious relationship with its U.S.-based
founding president,
Syngman Rhee. From...
-
Billboard 200. Carey's
tense relationship with
Columbia grew
increasingly fractious; she
began posting messages on her website,
sharing inside information...
- and Italy's
Christian Democrats,
considering the
party indecisive and
fractious –
reformist currents within it particularly,
which tended to the moderate...
- permanently, in May 1994.
According to
Sheila Weller, "they were a dramatic,
fractious,
mutually obsessed couple before they married,
after they married, after...
- Ford and
Ricardo Arias Calderón.
During its five-year term, the often-
fractious government struggled to meet the public's high expectations. Its new police...
- that the new Governor,
Virius Lupus, was
obliged to buy
peace from a
fractious northern tribe known as the Maeatae. The
succession of
militarily distinguished...
-
functions such as education, security, or
governance (usually due to
fractious violence or to
extreme poverty),
organized crime, governance, and war...
