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...earlier form. It is an altogether lighter and more easygoing affair than its immediate predecessor. Its setting has narrowed from the vast heart of Africa to a mountain and valley in southern Appalachia over the course of a single hot and unusually rainy summer. Its subject is not the clash of ideologies but the rhythms of nature and man's misguided attempts to interfere with them...
...which one Palestinian and one Israeli were killed and a number of people were wounded on both sides, appears to have begun as an armed confrontation between Israeli settlers and Palestinian civilians, but quickly drew in Palestinian police and Israeli soldiers and helicopter gunships. Explanations of how the clash began, as always, depend on which side is doing the explaining, but what is clear is that a confrontation between two groups of civilians quickly drew in the security forces on each side despite their attempts at a cease-fire. And that highlights the difficulties of keeping the peace in Palestinian...
...ancient rivals faced off in four contests on Saturday, and in each clash the Crimson, following the tenants of Bob Barker's pet control advice, effectively spayed and neutered the Bulldogs...
...exuberant Crimson squad that has put together back-to-back victories over regional foes Northeastern and Boston College, this weekend's clash with league rival Cornell carries a heightened sense of importance...
...ongoing clash of Man's Law vs. God's Law, fans at Yellville-Summit High School in Arkansas emptied from the stadium's bleachers two weekends ago and rushed to the 50-yard line, kneeling and praying with cheerleaders, who had traded their pom-poms for banners bearing biblical passages. The local school board, which had voted to test the limits of the court decision, helped organize the students. Over in Knoxville, Tenn., Hannah Wood, 17, an assistant football trainer and chapter president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, persuaded 250 people to form a human prayer chain...