Word: clashingly
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California is, by any measure, America's most colorful state. The richness of its culture, the liveliness of its fashions, the nuttiness of its fads and the ruthlessness of its politics all reflect the mix of races and cultures that blend and clash throughout the state. This is the land where Asian dragons dance at Cinco de Mayo parades, where viewers can tune in the evening news spoken in Tagalog, where suburban developers study the ancient Chinese concept of feng shui to ensure harmonious building design and smooth cosmic energy flow. It is not the Beach Boys or the Eagles...
...current Harvard squad will play against a squad stacked top to bottom with the best collegiate talent in the nation. But anyone expecting to see a raucous overtime clash is in the wrong building. Tonight's game is a tribute to the Harvard hockey program, which boasts the second most representatives on Team USA, second only to Boston College...
...real clash will come at the other end, where the potent Harvard offense meets the powerful Dartmouth defense...
...Braves-Pirates clash promised more sparks. Atlanta had located a lode of blithe character in its September pursuit and capture of favored Los Angeles. It helped that everybody hated the damn Dodgers. It didn't hurt that Braves partisans urged the team on with toy tomahawks and a war-chant mantra, which the votaries could moan for innings on end (the dumbest mass spasm since the Wave). By playoff time, the Braves were high and loose. All the Pirates' edgy swagger could not mute the magic -- or solve the riddle of a brilliant Atlanta pitcher, as young and ageless...
Less than two weeks ago, Americans were spellbound before their television sets, watching Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas clash over their recollections of events a decade past. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are still fresh in our minds, but how many of us remember exactly what the two adversaries said, what they wore, the expressions on their faces and the tone of their voices? And 10 years from now, when we think back, how faithful will our memories be? Will we remember Hill's tears at one particularly painful disclosure of sexual harassment, and Thomas thumping the table...