But no sooner did Barack Obama ascend to the Presidency, then the country split asunder.

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BMW. In a Solomon-like solution, the firm's British nameplates were split asunder after a 70-year marriage.

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But I also know that we, as a country, cannot sustain our leadership, nor navigate the momentous challenges of our time, if we allow ourselves to be split asunder by the same rancor and cynicism and partisanship that has in recent times poisoned our national discourse.

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