The Democratic Party faced north-south sectional division over slavery-related issues, especially the Kansas-Nebraska Act and subsequent violence known as Bleeding Kansas.

And two elegantly outfitted dancers marked the work's sectional divisions, with Mr. Balestracci playing serviceable harpsichord.

By early 1855, sectional divisions had ripped apart the national Whig Party.

Everett was disheartened by the sectional divisions between the northern and southern states during the late 1850s.

The line lengths are different, but the size of the original sectional divisions is pleasingly even.

Their political goal was to avoid any sectional debate over slavery which would expose the sectional divisions within the party.

In any event, David won a silver medal in the eastern sectional division of the United States Figure Skating Association competition this fall.

But others argue that the Compromise only made more obvious pre-existing sectional divisions and laid the groundwork for future conflict.

Latent sectional divisions suddenly activated derogatory sectional imagery which emerged into sectional ideologies.

The sectional division matches Steve Reich's "Desert Music."