Word: clash
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...sporting event, Mandela's men reckoned without the cunning of Franz Beckenbauer, legendary German playmaker and mastermind of its World Cup bid. Having artfully disposed of England's challenge on the grounds of its hooligan problem (even though his own legions give as good as they get when they clash with the Brits), Beckenbauer then worked the weaknesses in his key adversary's lineup. Although South Africa thought it had the votes necessary to push its bid over the top, Germany managed to woo four delegates from Asia by exploiting their hostility to Blatter over the distribution of voting rights...
...Bill Clinton's presiding over a final Israeli-Palestinian agreement are increasingly remote. Instead, Arafat will probably declare his state sometime between the election and the inauguration, the Israelis will retaliate, and the next U.S. president will be called on to referee a new phase of their increasingly complex clash...
...side of this clash we have People of the Book. These are the good people who make newspapers, magazines, the doctrines of law, the offices of regulation and the rules of finance. They live by the book, by the authority derived from authors, and are centered at the power points of New York City and Washington. The foundation of this culture is ultimately housed in texts. They are all on the same page, so to speak...
...like the mayor, Berkeley says he lauds Harvard's improved relationship with the city. He says the recent clash over graduate student housing is only a step toward the developing reciprocal association between the city and the University...
...Despite the political clash over Vietnam, the government department retained a high opinion of Kissinger's ability as a scholar and academic...