Word: battleground
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...White's more conservative decisions during his 31 years on the court surprised and maddened the very Kennedy liberals who appointed him. But throughout he was praised for his independent judicial thinking and versatility. Such a independently qualified candidate is not likely to spring forth from the current partisan battleground that is the Senate Caucus Room...
...goal of the movement is a complete repeal of the ban," said Bennecke, currently a member of the Campaign for Military Service. "But that's not enough I think the real battleground will be restrictions on gays in the military...
...suggesting that atavistic nationalisms, or tribalisms, may lie just beneath the civil veneers. The abuses of Bosnian women open a perspective upon wartime rape that is equally terrible. In Bosnia, rape, far from being a side effect of war, has become one of the indispensable instruments of war. The battleground is not only villages and countryside but also women's bodies...
Rodriguez focuses on his native California as the battleground of the "competing theologies" of United States and Mexico. The two nations serve as representatives of several different oppositions that form the argument of the book's title: Protestant individualism versus Catholic collectivity, Disney-toned optimism versus Latin fatality, confident son versus jaded father, comedy versus tragedy...
...domestic airline would be allowed to function as one company. KLM and NW will consolidate their fleets, fare structures and sales forces. But the merger may be too little, too late for financially troubled NW, which is struggling to avoid bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the U.S. airline industry remains a dangerous battleground. MGM Grand Air, a three-year-old luxury carrier, withdrew from scheduled passenger service last week after it failed to stem financial losses...