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If parents are Athens and teenagers are Sparta, then COLD IS THE GRAVE (Morrow, $24) is a pitched battle in the Peloponnesian War.
It sometimes feels as if there is a pitched battle for authenticity.
"This is a pitched fight," said Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The gallery is a pitched battle about painting versus drawing, figure-ground versus all-over composition; stained versus impastoed surfaces; mythic versus biomorphic forms; and who dripped first.
But beneath the genteel veneer is a pitched battle over that all-important pet accessory, the leash, and, specifically, whether dogs here need to be on one.
The tussle over the spending measure is a pitched partisan battle, one that Democrats hope to use for political gain as they head into the November elections.
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