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Then we gradually sank into bureaucratic rivalry and sparring--into incivility.
Book discussion groups are regularly described as scenes of rivalry and hostility--of fights over which books to read and who gets to talk the most.
As for port, in the 17 th century the naval rivalry between England and Holland, on the one hand, and Spain and France, on the other, was still intense.
Gossip swirls about the four-way rivalry among the top Republicans who rank just below Gingrich: Armey, DeLay, John Boehner, and Bill Paxon.
The Harmon-Bosley rivalry is not new: Harmon was the police chief under Bosley until he quit in 1995, claiming political interference from the mayor's office.