The characters are caught in primal struggles that seem bigger than their "real world," and just like I sometimes need to go on vacation to get a fresh perspective on my home, they need to get out of Louisiana to sort through their ordeals.
Like a child in a custody battle, the county airport not too long ago was caught in a struggle between environmentalists and business interests.
The Port Authority has been in turmoil recently, caught in a struggle between Mr. Pataki and Mrs. Whitman over how its spending should be divided between the two states.
Native rulers were understandably upset to be caught in a struggle they never asked for, and kept pits full of man-eating insects.
Its three narrators — an elderly midwife, a tormented sheriff and a precocious 9-year-old — are caught in a struggle against a local church and its pastor: a twisted, charismatic man whose frenzied religious services include snake-handling.
More than 1,500 farmers caught in the struggle have fled into Ecuador, with hundreds of others seeking refuge in other parts of Colombia, said Francisco Segura, director of the Association of Municipalities of Putumayo, which represents mayors in Putumayo.
From paintings and photographs to recruitment posters and medical sketches, the daily lives of those caught in the struggle for survival at home and on the front will be depicted in telling detail.
But I was caught in his struggle now, no longer outside, trapped in the middle of his vast appetites and imagination, his sexuality, his angry intelligence, his nonsense and his pain.
(AP) STAMFORD: A MASS FOR JANITORS Our Lady of Montserrat Roman Catholic Church held a Labor Day Mass on behalf of two union janitors caught in a struggle between their union and their employer.
Lacking basic land rights or the means to legally protect their ancestral land, these communities are perpetually caught in a struggle to find a voice in the country's accelerated development, which now sees 70% of Amazonian land under concession by US, Canadian or other foreign companies.
