Men are the 'opposing faction'; men are hated and feared, because they have the power to bar her way to what she wants to do--which is to write.

Willie Gaskins, a retired driver who, like many older Canaanites, has ties to the South, belonged to an opposing faction that thought the pastoral requisites were too restrictive.

The unification of the White Tower, the headquarters of the female users of the One Power known as Aes Sedai, is addressed from al'Vere's perspective, as well as the exposure of the Black Ajah, a secretive and opposing faction within the story.

Don Halperin was the ultimate consensus builder, a skilled negotiator who had the uncanny ability to relate to all people, bringing the most diverse and opposing factions together to reach satisfying resolutions to thorny issues and debates.

Regardless of what decision the Faculty government reaches, there will be an opposing faction enraged by the outcome.

The council has been noted for having two distinct and opposing factions consisting of: Viramontes, López, Sandhu and sometimes Bates which conflicts with the remaining fellowship of McGlaughlin, Butt, Ritterman, and sometimes Rogers.

Implementation of SUPA has generated supportive and opposing factions within the school community.

In April 1992, the government and most opposing factions signed a pact to end the fighting and restore stability in the north.

Depending on the current political situations, some factions may be at war with each other allowing players of opposing factions to fight each other with less penalties and even take over opposing faction's worlds.

The current chapter homes in on a few short months in 1991 and 1992, after the boss of the Colombo family, Carmine Persico, was sent to prison and its opposing factions went to war.