He has also promised to lead the party from the center and to put a stop to its internecine battles.
Now, seven years and several internecine battles later, he may become the university's first tenured professor in 18 years to be fired.
Black officials even formed a group to seek a candidate, but internecine battles fatally weakened the effort.
Mr. Sias is not a member of the extended family that owns the paper and has had internecine battles for two decades.
At times these internecine battles took on characteristics of a civil war.
Over the years, the internecine battles have drained the color from the game's face and saddled it with confusing, multiple personalities.
Democrats and Republicans alike are engaged in internecine battles that seem to be escalating in vitriol by the hour.
However, intellectuals are always famous for internecine battles, and were so in the Middle Ages.
Prior to his reign, Morocco had experienced 30 years of internecine battles, instability and turmoil.
The internecine battles as the party veered leftward were fierce.