Word: tug-of-war
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...guise of a series of historical novels, Novelist Lion Feuchtwanger has for years been discussing one of the touchiest of age-old issues-the Jewish problem. The nub of this problem is the never-ending tug-of-war in the Semitic mind between nationalism (atavistic) and internationalism (idealistic)-a nub made spiny with the misunderstandings that this cryptic conflict causes in whatever alien community it takes place. Author Feuchtwanger has embodied this struggle in the character of First-Century Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus (The Jewish War), historical hero of the fictional trilogy of which Josephus and the Emperor is volume...
...following clipping from the Yale News shows the possible stand that Yale will take in regard to tug-of-war contests at the intercollegiate games: Tug-of-war team-The candidates for the University tug-of-war team will commence active training next Monday under the charge of Britton, P.G. and all men wishing to try for positions on the team must hand their names to Mr. Dole, immediately...
...Bunnies could not advance, the Deacons weren't able to do any better. Their offensive power lagged and the Leverett defense tightened as the game settled down to a tug-of-war contest, both teams see-sawing back and forth as the afternoon were on. As the final whistle blew, no further score had been made and the Deacons walked off the field with a 6 to 0 conquest...
Elsewhere, Red rumblings and the Allied-German tug-of-war over trade and prestige reverberated throughout the Balkans...
...rides into Springfield from New Salem in frock coat and stovepipe on a mule, cuts his own hair, thrums a jews-harp, halts a lynching of his first clients with the argument that the mob is trying to do him out of his first retainer. He wins a tug-of-war against the Hog Wallow boys by hitching the anchor loop of the rope to a wagon, dances with Mary Todd, generally establishes himself as a capable, dryly humorous, lonely citizen. Then the trial takes over, for three reels of howling prairie jurisprudence, wry Lincoln homespun and Hollywood crossexamination. Only...