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...tragedies: the conniving wife from Macbeth, the jealous husband from Othello, the raging father and three skirmishing children from King Lear and the pileup of dead royals from Hamlet. There's swordplay and a supporting cast of warriors in the CGI thousands, but the most thrilling spectacle is the clash of ids and egos...
...most recently a public-relations smack-down following the abrupt departure of its president-elect has raised questions about the group's future. Joel Hunter, who resigned as president-elect only weeks after announcing his appointment, cast his departure as a clash between a wheezing organization fixated on the old "below-the-belt" issues of abortion and homosexuality, versus his post-modern view - buttressed by the results of the midterm election - of a more expansive Christian activism that also champions the environment and cares for the poor. Roberta Combs, who had picked Hunter to be her replacement as president, contends...
...left the Crimson without the services of the “best player in college hockey” for the final period of Saturday’s game and likely for the immediate future.With 2:25 remaining in the middle frame of Harvard’s second weekend clash with visiting Minnesota-Duluth, Bulldogs captain Noemie Marin brought Chu down with a tripping foul in the Crimson zone. Chu tumbled awkwardly to the ice, collided with the boards, and was unable to get up after the whistle blew. She rolled over several times and tried to get to her feet...
...news article "To 'Kill' or To Fix? A Clash Over UC's Future" mischaracterized remarks by Undergraduate Council presidential candidates Brian S. Gillis '07-'08 and Tim R. Hwang '08 at Thursday night's presidential campaign. Neither candidate said that he does not hope to win the presidential race. Hwang has said that he intends to prevail and subsequently to dismantle the UC. While Gillis has said that victory is not his first priority, he adds that winning would give him the "political capital" to implement his proposals for UC structural reform. He has vowed to transfer the presidency...
...competing Eastern branch of Christianity. Everything, of course, will be amplified in the wake of Benedict's now famous September speech about faith and violence that simultaneously angered much of the Islamic world and made the Pope an important new voice in the global debate on the simmering clash of civilizations. Though the word "Islam" may not appear in many of his speeches, it is undoubtedly part of the subtext of the entire voyage...