One camp, led by BellSouth, Ameritech and U S West, was insistent on winning greater freedom immediately.
But another camp, led by Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, has played down any threat from inflation and implied that there was plenty of room for further reductions.
There is also an Indian camp led by the popular Chief Long Ears (referring to the long rabbit ears on his headgear).
In the other enclaves, however, the pro-French camp, led by Edouard Goubert, used the administrative machinery to suppress the pro-merger groups.
The compromise came when seven manufacturers in the camp led by Toshiba agreed to a proposal from the other camp, led by Sony and Philips.
The opposite camp, led by Pivoda, supported the principles of Italian opera, in which the voice rather than the orchestra was the predominant dramatic device.
The party remains split into two camps, the Parchamis, now led by Mr. Najibullah, and the more radical Khalqis.
While Henry is away visiting General Hammond at the 325th Evac Hospital, the camp, led by Trapper, lets loose.
When the movement split a year later, he joined the camp led by Albert Kalonji.