Word: clashed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tallest tower in Asia and the largest department store on the continent. In downtown Toronto, on a jam-packed sidewalk, a blue-robed Chinese monk is knocking clappers ceremoniously together. Amid all the promiscuous minglings of our mishmashed global order, the most confusing ones often arise not when cultures clash but when centuries do, with their different senses of time. The modern Everyplace is the wall of a luxury hotel, where clocks show seven different times at once...
While Ryan and PSLM members clash over Harvard's involvement with the FLA, both sides agree that they have made significant progress. PSLM has moved beyond the rallying stage and meets with Ryan on a regular basis to negotiate for change...
...charming Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (starring the unforgettable Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr). The story is simple: the king of Siam hires a foreign schoolteacher to teach his court (including his 58 children) English and give insight into the ways of the West. A clash of traditions and customs ensue, but so does a growing relationship between the stern ruler and the headstrong schoolteacher...
...academic institutions like Harvard to ensure that political concerns do not clash with intellectual goals, Alexiou says...
...Campbell-Tucker feud would be no more than a clash of egos if so much were not at stake. Campbell believes preserving affirmative action is vital to the continued prosperity of the black middle class. Tucker thinks blacks need to prepare for the day when such programs are outlawed by conservative courts or ballot initiatives such as California's Prop. 209. This is a serious difference of opinion that deserves a dignified debate by serious people, not a wallow in the mud. Surely, the mayor of a major American city and one of the country's most formidable journalists...