The 1977 files describe a country that was tired and riven by industrial conflict.

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Industrial conflict exists as industries receive bailouts and those create political turmoil.

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Conflict in Northern Ireland, the fall-out from the oil crisis and continuing industrial conflict between the government and unions were recurring domestic themes.

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Miyazaki has fashioned a complex ecological fable about the conflict between industrial progress and nature, town and countryside.

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Huntington described the conditions that would be present in post-industrial societies and cause a conflict of interest between government employees and the larger population of American taxpayers, with elected officials caught in the middle.

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The stance represents a stepping up of their conflict with ministers and follows on from test boycotts and industrial action.

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