Word: tugged
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...combatants in this latest version of the West's long tug-of-war over water are more numerous and clamorous than ever. The four Upper Basin states have always regarded the three in the Lower Basin with a gimlet eye. The upper states have never used all the water allotted to them; the surplus could be, and often was, picked up by the lower states -- mostly California. No one minded as long as the river seemed inexhaustible; now the upper states fret that the lower states have grown accustomed to -- and have prospered on -- more than their fair share. Across...
...Partly because of the strength of the Arab hereditary monarchies or the military regimes or one-party regimes that have replaced them, partly the extraordinary range of internal conflicts within the region, partly the tug of Islamic fundamentalism. But even in a country like Iran, you see a remarkable range of disagreement that has internalized pluralism. There are patterns emerging that create a kind of rough balance between more or less secular forces, even within the Islamic framework of the country. You are finding a similar evolution in Jordan...
...Pumps this, Reebok Pumps that." The fourth-grader wanted her to buy him a pair of the flashy high tops and explaining why she refused to part with $150 for athletic shoes got her nowhere. Then Scott read that the Pump was heavy and can be uncomfortable. End of tug...
...taken as a sign that life is getting better. The hope persists, although the county has one of West Virginia's highest rates of infant mortality: 13.5 per 1,000 births, one-third above the national average. "It's always been a problem," says Franki Patton, director of Tug River Clinic's maternal and infant health program. "But I think the community has gotten used to it. They don't want to lose their babies, but they see it as a part of life...
...SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The lacerating suspense of Thomas Harris' novel is missing from this earnest adaptation, but if you haven't read the book about an FBI trainee tracking one serial killer with the help of another, you ought to see the movie. Main attraction: the intellectual tug-of-wills between Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins...