Word: feud
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Venter's success shocked and in some cases angered the scientific world. Watson famously dismissed Venter's sequences as work "any monkey" could do, and when their feud over the issue of patents ended, they were both out of the NIH. Watson retreated to Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., to head the research lab there. Venter started talking to investors...
...FEUD OF THE WEEK...
Arafat's satisfaction, however, was tempered when thousands of Palestinians rioted in the West Bank city of Ramallah two days after the signing ceremony. It had nothing to do with the agreement, about which ordinary Palestinians have shown indifference and skepticism. Instead, the unrest was the culmination of a feud between the Palestinian Authority's military intelligence, run by Musa Arafat, the chairman's cousin, and members of Fatah, Arafat's faction in the Palestine Liberation Organization. Musa Arafat's men had ransacked a Fatah office, and the provocation touched off a furious response, fed by growing frustration with...
...FEUD OF THE WEEK...
...your "Feud Of The Week" item, you described Sylvester Stallone as a "monosyllabic actor" [PEOPLE, Oct. 19]. Look, I'm no defender nor an especially big fan of Stallone's, but you said he was considering an offer to turn his $25 (three syllables) million (two syllables) Miami (three syllables) home into a luxurious 200-room (four syllables) hotel...