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...women’s baseball league you’ll probably remember from “A League of Their Own.” In the article, a feisty ex-pitcher recalled her career as a pitcher for the Rockford Peaches. She said, without any real rancor, that her skirted uniform stopped four inches above her knee, and that the league, early in its history, ran a charm school for its players. Suddenly, the league’s title grated. “Girls” seemed as antique and demeaning as the skirts or the charm school. Wasn?...
...past, in-house votes for mayor among the nine elected city councillors have often sparked partisan rancor that can last long into the year. Last night, many councillors cited this bitterness in explaining their votes for the measure...
...inevitable confrontation. "While the country shows growing signs of discontent, the government remains consumed with its own internal maneuverings," says an opposition spokesman. Still, with his high profile abroad, Berlusconi manages to rise above domestic squabbling in the eyes of his supporters. Last week, he left behind the rancor in Rome and jetted off to Tripoli to meet with Muammar Gaddafi as the Libyan leader continues to seek rapprochement. It was a rare bright spot: Italy's stint as E.U. President ended on a down note in December with the failure to reach consensus on a European Constitution. And though...
Listen to enough marriage plaints, and you may conclude that Tolstoy was wrong: unhappy families really are all alike. They argue over sex, money, the kids, the lack of free time. After five years of marriage, Tom, 39, and Suzanne, 35, sparred with increasing frequency and rancor over the usual "spending" issues. He thought she was spending too much money; she thought he wasn't spending enough time with her and their two children. The counseling they tried didn't help. "It just made the situation artificial," says Suzanne. She's the verbal one; Tom, from a military family...
...enduring anguish, distrust and rancor among thousands of Kashmiri families such as Khan's should temper the optimism inspired by last week's agreement between India and Pakistan to seek peace. Still, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf struck a conciliatory pose, and both sides made significant concessions. India gave up its insistence that all jihadi incursions from Pakistan into Indian-administered Kashmir end before any talks could start, and Pakistan vowed its territory would no longer serve as a terrorist base. For some, the portents have never been so good. "You could not have...