Trans-Dniester is a tiny strip of land that was once part of Moldova, which has spent most of its recent existence bobbling back and forth between the Soviet Union and Romania.

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As for the back and forth between the league and the union, whether through Twitter, public comments, dueling articles on ESPN.com, or the in-house web sites nfllabor.com (NFL) and nfllockout.com (NFLPA), it is not necessarily a bad thing.

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Still, the left has become fractured in spite of the hard work and efforts of the many activists, union organizers, and so forth.

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