A Clubby World Turns Aggressive and Combative
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The once-clubby atmosphere of the public company boardroom has undergone a makeover during the past several years, as board members become more willing to flex their muscle and aggressively press management for changes.
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A close-up chronicle of the most sustained period of street-to-street fighting that Americans have encountered since the Vietnam War.
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FROM RAPPERS and rockers glorifying violence, to babies taking guns to school, to parents punching coaches and refs, to the unapologetic belligerence of the presidency, we are becoming a meaner and angrier nation.
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The Netherlands has long been Europe&#39;s most permissive society -- everything from window-shopping in Amsterdam for scantily clad hookers to hashish aroma in marijuana smoke-filled cafes.
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The groove swings from the get-go. A clinking pi ano evokes ice cubes in a highball glass. Blasts of muted brass seem to cut like a foghorn through the thick nicotine-and-nostalgia haze of a nightclub.
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Creatures gather to decide the fate of the world by -- what else? -- wrestling. Anything goes, including pizza tossing and porn. Xeni Jardin reports from Hollywood.
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BUENOS AIRES -- Even by the standards of Argentina, where people like to joke that soccer is less a pastime than a pathology, a recent surge of fan violence has been exceptional.
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Dating, negotiating, fragging and making money.  Play and its consequences.
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Lee Siegel turns out to be an impressively tough, cogent and furious observer of the sinister side of Internet culture.
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In the 1975 film "Rollerball," the corporate world state of some futuristic society controls the bloodlust of its sterile populace through the brutal, sporting violence of a game. Being publicly educated and stuff, I never fully understood this.
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Life hardens us and art desensitizes us. Is the culture of violence turning us into creatures without empathy? Commentary by Tony Long.
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This is one pack of Tigers whose growl has gotten them in more trouble than their bite. While this year&#39;s club can celebrate more victories and far more hits than last season
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Inspiring drives. Cutthroat competition. Transatlantic tension. And it's O.K. to talk about a handicap with a one-armed golfer
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The grip on the steering wheel will be a little tighter, aggressions will run a little higher and emotions will be flowing stronger than ever.
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Pop culture, society's meeting ground, has the privilege of playing a starring role in its conflicts.
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A brutal attack is just the latest example of violence in the city, which has become the new focus of conflict in Iraq. BY EDMUND SANDERS.
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A form of dogfighting has thrived in Russia, cementing local legitimacy and gaining new followers.