Afghans looking for national symbols after decades of ethnic strife inspired a brisk trade in the hats, made of lambskins from Mazar-i-Sharif in the north and fashioned by Kabul's hatters, whose shops lined both sides of Shah-e-do Shamshera Wali Road.
Viewers at home may respond to familial strife, but studio audiences, or this studio audience anyway, was looking for some raunch.
However, reports at the time had suggested that the situation was the result of strife between Frank Darabont and AMC, who deemed footage from the first episode "unusable," with some speculating that the network was looking for a "pretense" to oust Darabont due to its ongoing conflict with the showrunner over budget cuts.
More cautious types from the old school of realpolitik say Mr Obama should talk to Russia and look for a way, even at this late stage, of ending the strife by negotiation.
They will look for every opportunity to continue their campaign of violence and to stir sectarian strife, officials warned.
Strife and instability in the Middle East are causing the United States to look for more secure supplies of oil.
Rocked by industrial strife, India's biggest car maker may see rivals gain as buyers look for alternatives.
Alicia had written him a note that quoted lyrics from "The Jungle Book": "Look for the bare necessities / The simple bare necessities / Forget about your worries and your strife".
The monarch takes "a backwards looking, patriarchal, strife-ridden country" and advances it greatly.
The immediate prospects for strife are hard to calculate.
He travels hopefully, looking not always for tragedy or strife but for moments of commonality in extreme and conflicted places.
