So goes the typical dialogue between the two friends — sometimes familiar, sometimes kvetchy — and it's just one of the book's many great charms.
The tension between those two sometimes-contradictory worlds has reached a breaking point in the past year as South Africa's government pushes a measure to give traditional courts the force of law, compelling people in many rural areas to appear before them to answer charges that they have violated community traditions.
The juxtaposition of a failed marriage and the turmoil of Israeli society suggests pointed political commentary, but Yehoshua's portrait of the hesitant courtship between the two peoples — sometimes tender and generous, sometimes grotesque and calamitous — remains, somehow, hopeful.
Khan codeswitches easily enough, for the most part, between the two worlds – sometimes without choice.
Neighbors said that the dogs rarely were on a leash, and that they traveled freely between the two streets, sometimes using a hole in the fence.
The line between the two is sometimes unclear, but the British military officials said the Taliban had moved into the area and taken over the gangs' operations.
Though conversation between the two has sometimes drifted to Powell's situation, both players spoke of their efforts to keep their personal and professional lives apart.
Look backstage and you discover that the perceived separation between the two worlds — sometimes loudly denounced by critics who cover downtown theater — is more illusory than it might first appear.
"Is this a gold-star day?" She has spied Caroline twisting her finger up her nose and refers to a deal between the two that sometimes results in better behavior but more often does not.
The difference between the two is sometimes subtle, according to Mr. Brinkley, but in general the Colonial Revival gardens in the historic area, while presenting an elegant period feel, did not reflect the economic and social status of the colonial-era owners of specific properties.
