But the statements of the two conservative critics of the accord indicated a potentially divisive struggle among Republicans on whether the treaty offers too many advantages to the Soviet Union.

But his candidacy is evidence that the old, divisive struggle between the two wings of the Republican Party is resuming.

A divisive struggle is unfolding in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters over who will succeed Jackie Presser as head of the nation's largest union.

The most divisive struggle of the fall came last week over a measure, known as the "whistleblower" bill, that would have set up an independent Government agency to protect Federal workers who expose fraud and corruption.

This contest was an extremely divisive struggle between Timbrell and Grossman, which exposed deep divisions in the party.

At Mr. Coleman's urging, civil rights groups agreed to a number of late compromises in order to avoid a divisive struggle.

Following Labor's defeat of 1959, Hugh Gaitskell tried but lost a long, divisive struggle.

Will the Democratic field narrow or will there be a divisive struggle down to the wire?

The town wanted to be a symbol; instead, it became a mirror of France's long, painful and divisive struggle to come to terms with itself after the war.

Neither has attacked each other, preferring to avoid the divisive primary struggles of 1984 and 1986 in favor of concentrating their attack against Mr. DioGuardi.