Previously, however, it had been thought that this came about through the intermediary of military engagements, in which armed forces clashed until the price in blood and treasure became too great for one side to bear.
After a period of apparently self-imposed purdah – which included a private engagement that clashed with his proposed induction to the privy council by the Queen on Thursday night – the Labour leader emerged on Friday afternoon resplendent in hard hat and high-visibility jacket for a tour of Parkhead Housing Association in Glasgow, flanked by his Scottish counterpart Kezia Dugdale.
But to modernize "Bridget Loves Bernie," creator Mike Sikowitz ("Rules of Engagement") had to do something to make the "clashing" culture families mad at each other (simple ethnic disdain is passé and uncool).
They also wished to be free to accept such engagements individually, absenting themselves from concerts if there were a clash of dates.
Throughout the first half, the Elision Ensemble negotiated the switchbacks and violently clashing moods of Zorn's music in consummate style, though sometimes admiration outstripped emotional engagement – for this listener at least.
"It is very rare for a ship of this size to be involved in a clash in the west … [if that is the case] it is a significant development in the engagements," he added.
The same interests which clashed in the Battle of Svolder were to divide Norway for decades to come, leading to further major engagements, including the Battle of Nesjar and the Battle of Stiklestad.
Those naval engagements of the latter half of the 19th-century which involved ironclads normally involved colonial actions or clashes between second-rate naval powers.
The clash highlighted the advantages of engagement as opposed to the risk of radicalization and escalating political violence.
But in every possible instance, President Obama has been averse to any public engagement in the clash of ideas.
They have done about a dozen such engagements, including one at the Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Augusta, where Mr. Pennington receives his care and has, at times, clashed with bureaucrats and doctors.
