Word: skirmished
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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McCleery finds that the type of skirmish in the war between the sexes lends itself to comic portrayal. In his play the struggle between modern mates for an egalitarian relationship is one for position, not for survival. No life and death issues are thrashed out here. "I wanted to show what marriage can be like for a young couple when the rules have changed. The old formulas aren't there any more and these people have to get by without any until new ones take their place," McCleery explained. "They have to remember the old joke about how porcupines make...
...third period saw the Crimson frosh score twice more, including Bullard's second tally, to emerge with the 7-2 victory. The period was marked by sound hockey on Harvard's part, a lack of action, and a short skirmish toward the end of the game between Harvard's Dummit and a frustrated Huron player...
...confirmation was moving ahead, TIME has learned, Ford had to stage a behind-the-scenes skirmish with the White House to make sure that the swearing-in ceremony would be conducted in a way that he felt was proper. Nixon's staff wanted another television extravaganza in the East Room of the White House similar to the one in which the President announced his choice of Ford for the job. One top White House lieutenant admitted that this would be treating the installation of the Vice President like the appointment of a Cabinet officer. But after all, said...
...shooting was the most serious skirmish, but hardly the only one, since the agreement was reached with Ford three weeks ago. The tradesmen have argued with their officers, fists have flown, and skilled union workers have picketed Solidarity House, the U.A.W.'s international headquarters. The fighting centered on the major issue in this year's auto industry negotiations: overtime...
...MILITARY. Every athletic contest represents some sort of war, from the King-Riggs sexual skirmish to the bloody knockdowns of professional hockey. But the very terminology of football - marches downfield, throwing the bomb, guards, strategies - recalls the Von Clausewitz spirit. For the first time in ten years the viewer, accustomed to another living-room war, can watch these armies with no sense of unrest...